I don't think they'll use it any more than we use the MOAB

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TAFKASE — 9/13/2007 1:53:57 PM (archived)

I think the whole purpose of the MOAB was to demonstrate to Iraqi commanders what would happen if they used Chemical weapons against the Invading American troops.

We wouldn't respond in kind, but we would completely wipe them out with this new alternative that the Iraqi's couldn't compete with.

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Does Anybody have any thoughts on the new Russian bomb? - TAFKASE - 9/12/2007 7:33:03 PM
- "Mine's bigger!" - TB - 9/14/2007 5:38:12 PM
- It's not a replacement or substitute for a nuke. - ER - 9/13/2007 2:54:08 PM
  - The catch... - TB - 9/13/2007 5:04:00 PM
    - re: this kind of weapon is built mostly because somebody can - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 6:57:31 PM
    - BTW... - TB - 9/13/2007 5:08:01 PM
      - You have a point. - ER - 9/13/2007 5:39:54 PM
- Not really. - TB - 9/12/2007 8:48:13 PM
  - Yeah, BOOOOOM-ski!!!!! - carl - 9/13/2007 6:24:15 PM
  - I don't think they'll use it any more than we use the MOAB - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:53:57 PM
- Look at it as part of a broader perspective. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/12/2007 8:47:33 PM
  - Maybe. But things change gradually. - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:46:15 PM
- Certainly doesn't worry me - azstrummer - 9/12/2007 7:50:47 PM
  - Not necessessarilly. - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:32:32 PM
    - P.S. Such weapons also pave the way for a future nuclear weapons ban. - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:35:57 PM

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