Re: US Isolationism RE: US at war in 1940?1942? L3

[Julia Thompson]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:

> At 11:30 PM 6/13/01 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
> 
> >Not my desire for a system that could be avoided by the simplest of ploys.  I
> >mean, really, come on, tons and tons of drugs are smuggled into this country,
> >you don't think that if a "rogue" country wanted to it couldn't sneak a nuke
> >in?  Hell, they could probably disguise it as drugs to get it in.  
> 
> This suggests that you have a profoun misunderstanding of the mechanics of
> delivering nuclear weapons.   First, how many of those drugs are coming
> from the Middle East and Asia?    More importantly, if smuggling is such a
> cheap and efficient way of delivering a nuclear weapon, *WHY* are all the
> rogue states on the planet vigorously pursuing more and better missiles?

I'm guessing, John, that you haven't read much Tom Clancy.  If you'd read
_The Sum of All Fears_ you might take the threat of smuggling a weapon in
a little more seriously.  (The whole scenario outlined in that book scared
the s*** out of me.)

And I think you'd probably like some of Clancy's work, actually.  I
wouldn't recommend him to everybody here, but I'd recommend him to *you*.

        Julia