deterrence was: Helen Thomas vs. Ari Fleischer

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On 9/1/2003 9:45 AM, "lbo-talk-digest" <owner-lbo-talk-digest at lists.panix.com> 
wrote:
Containment worked in 
> the Cold War, but can't in the war on terrorism. Presumably the 
> underlying concept is that Cold Warriors are rational and terrorists 
> aren't. You deal with the former, and kill the latter. Doug

Just out of curiosity - is it possible to determine where an atomic bomb was 
made after its explosion? That may be a technical problem and also an 
intelligence problem, but if it is possible to do that, why would deterrence 
not work with terrorists? Terrorists, from the perspective of a state, would 
have to be regarded as just another delivery system. 

I gather that with biological agents it is indeed possible - and embarrassing - 
to find out where they were made. 

Thiago

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