What would the US do if....

[Brom]

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If nuclear weapons were used on the US, and we could identify the attacker, it would require a nuclear response.

If the attackers were a terrorist group whatever countries they operated out of would be subject.

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How can you attack a country just because a terrorist group decided to launch their missiles from there? I'm talking from the point of view that the host country was not accomodating to the terrorists, and were probably largely unaware. If some terrorist group managed to launch one of the US's nukes at another country would that country be justified to nuke the US?

[BluffTHIS!]

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If some terrorist group managed to launch one of the US's nukes at another country would that country be justified to nuke the US?

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They would because they couldn't take the risk of a second strike. And any country that is supposedly so "unaware" of a group moving into and then launching ballistic missles from inside its borders can realistically expect no different response.

[lehighguy]

You are, to a certain extent, responsible for what happens in your country. Most of the hijackers were Saudi, but we haven't gone after Saudi Arabia. But 9/11 was not a nuclear attack.

The only way to make clear that such attacks will not be tolerated, and that nations have a responsibility to control what goes on in thier borders, is to raise the stakes so that our survival means thier survival.