"In other words, popular opinion, impelled by nationalist sentiment, could lead to a war. Consequently, it is important to look not only at the policies of a government and what its rational calculations might be, but also to popular sentiment."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153631,00.html
Fox news you are a delight.

This was on a person's comment's page but still. I mean I gave him more credit. And he declared bankruptcy.

"stockula said on
April 18, 2005 03:45 AM

Abortion hurting Democrats by denying them a natural constituency was just a kind of flight of poetic justice fancy. The original hypothesis, that a lot of unwanted criminals may have been culled through legal abortion makes sense to me, even if I dont think it's justifiable on that hypothesis.

Nuking Mecca probably wouldn't set Islam straight but it'd sure let them know we weren't fucking around. If any western city gets nuked out of the blue by terrorists, I'd support nuking every Arab capital plus Medina, and Mecca in retaliation on principle. Nukes are primarily deterrents. Would we refrain from nuking Moscow if they sucker-punched us? If not, what's the point of having a nuclear arsenal?

If Arab countries dont want to see their countries hit in retribution for something al-Qaeda might do, then it's in their interest in stopping us and joining in the fight against terrorism.

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