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Old 03-26-2010, 10:53 AM   #7
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by -apoc- View Post
We cant really deploy the number of troops there that it would take for this to go full blown.

If they actually managed to hit what they were aiming at with a hypothetical nuclear warhead, the last thing we'll be sending in are troops. But a nuclear strike that killed US troops in the area? I have a tough time imagining that anything short of a nuclear response would be accepted by enough of the American people to make failing to do so an option.
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