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Quote by: dotcoma It is disturbing to even think about for me, losing an entire American city, but what if the terrorists did somehow get a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb? What if they used it (likely on Washington or New York)?
Would it be civilization changing? How do you think we would respond? How do you think we should respond?
I personally think the US would consider wiping out the entire Middle East out of absolute anger/frustration.
Also, as a sub-argument: How do you think we can prevent our cities from being harmed in this way?
I personally think we need to further develop all regions of the Middle East. The more-developed the region the less likely the average people in those regions will support the fanatics willing to kill us.
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Well a dirty bomb isn't likely to do
much more damage than the initial blast. It is remarkebly inefficiant use of radioactive materials, and we have pretty good systems set up to clean it up. The panic it creates however will probably kill more people than the blast.
I don't know exactly how to deal with a proper nuclear device used by terrorists. I do know what would happen though, the situation would be used to attack a country with something to take in order to sate the citizens bloodlust of whichever unfortunate country got hit.
The only way to deal with it is to make sure it never happens. This means cutting off the support of terrorists by turning their supporters against them, and then dealing with the remaining hardliners. All of which means improving the image of your state abroad.