I have a Morrocan uncle that I rather like (he's married to my Aunt and he kind of looks like the Dracula from the movies...he's one of those rare Roman Catholic Arabs).
Please don't read any moral implications into what I said, Goatboy. My post was merely a mental experiment in which I attempt to come up with a solution that would actually produce a credible deterrence to an attack upon the USA. The only way to have a credible level of deterrence is to inspire true fear in ones opponents. Not necessarily fear for one's own life, since many of the terrorists obviously don't care about their own lives, instead, you would have to inspire fear of what will happen to one's family and nation. You can't get anything out of a terrorist by holding a gun up to his head, but you can get something out of a terrorist by holding a gun to his grandmother's head.
I even admitted that it would be cruel to implement my method of deterrence.
Cruel or not, I do believe that it would work.
Also, please keep in mind that many people shun morality in favor of pragmatism. I try hard to be one of those that does not allow morality to get in the way of doing what needs to be done.
Please don't read any moral implications into what I said, Goatboy. My post was merely a mental experiment in which I attempt to come up with a solution that would actually produce a credible deterrence to an attack upon the USA. The only way to have a credible level of deterrence is to inspire true fear in ones opponents. Not necessarily fear for one's own life, since many of the terrorists obviously don't care about their own lives, instead, you would have to inspire fear of what will happen to one's family and nation. You can't get anything out of a terrorist by holding a gun up to his head, but you can get something out of a terrorist by holding a gun to his grandmother's head.
I even admitted that it would be cruel to implement my method of deterrence.
Cruel or not, I do believe that it would work.
Also, please keep in mind that many people shun morality in favor of pragmatism. I try hard to be one of those that does not allow morality to get in the way of doing what needs to be done.
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