Brinkmanship: Diplomacy That Won The Cold War Is Needed Today

If they do strike us, how do we strike back? One small suitcase-sized nuclear bomb is estimated to have the power to kill at least 25,000 Americans. How would we react? What would America do? I think many of our current political leaders from both sides of the aisle, if faced with a nuclear terrorist strike in the U.S., would deal with the catastrophic event by calling for a national prayer day, or perhaps engage in an emergency session of the United Nations to discuss the issue, or maybe grab a pen and file a strong protest with many Middle Eastern countries. I, on the other hand, don’t want this attack to happen and I strongly believe that an updated brinkmanship policy would stop these types of attack.

My belief is that the only sure way to prevent an attack on the United States is brinkmanship. We would notify the countries of the Middle East that any attack upon the United States by any group that trained in or was supported by their country would be considered an action perpetrated by that county. Retribution for any attack would fall on both the terrorist organization and the sponsoring county.

When the countries in the Middle East realize we will destroy their country if they allow terrorists to train unchecked within their borders, the rulership of those countries will stop the terrorists themselves, just like the Soviet Union stopped their satellites all those years ago.

This policy is difficult to administrate unless someone has the backbone to stand up and announce that this is our policy. If we are attacked, any country that gave these terrorists financial support or a safe haven will face the retribution of a nation that only wanted to live in peace. This policy worked a few decades ago and it will work again. This policy kept America and the world safe. It is our best chance for safety of our people.

Make the Middle Eastern countries themselves stop the terrorists in order to save their own countries, their own positions of leadership and their own lives.

With the true threat of brinkmanship hanging over their heads they will have no choice.