From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Oct 30 12:18: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D41737B406 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:17:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from httpd@localhost) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f9UKHeB20997 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:17:40 +0100 (CET) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Thought experiment Message-ID: <1004473055.3bdf0adfe5701@webmail.neomedia.it> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:17:35 +0100 (CET) From: Salvo Bartolotta MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.4-cvs X-WebMail-Company: Neomedia s.a.s. X-Originating-IP: 62.98.236.212 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The 11 September terrorists chose the possible targets very carefully. They knew perfectly well that, if they had hit such a country as China, which is not exactly a democracy despite the adoption of some "rotten" western models (eg economic ones), they would have been hopeless. I would imagine that China's reaction probably developed along the lines of: Step 1) you have _one day_ to surrender, without conditions. Taliban (and Bin Laden's) answer: WE WILL NEVER EVER SURRENDER! -- Pakistan (speaking to China): WE WON'T ALLOW THIS BY ANY MEANS! WE HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, TOO! -- China's reply: _Shut_ _up_. More than 1,000 nuclear missiles are already targeted on Pakistan. If we see __one__ fly take off and direct towards us, you will be removed from History (and Geography) for the next few billion years. Step 2) (After systematically bombing Afghanistan, causing huge military damage and killing at least 1,000,000 people in the process) Now you have _twelve_ hours to surrender. Taliban answer 2) we will never surrender. step 3) (After killing at least 4,000,000 people) Now you have _six_ hours to surrender. If you don't, no form of life will ever be found in Afghanistan for the next few billion years. I think that the action outlined in Step 2) would never occur. Step 1) would be more than enough. The reaction of the press on such an occasion would be very interesting. Actually, Mr Bin Laden and his Afghan friends will most probably never hit China or Chinese targets. With China, no cigar. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message