Material Support to Al-Qaeda

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 04:21:26PM -0400, John Young wrote:
> http://warincontext.org/2013/03/25/mcchrystal-americas-drone-war-risks-provoking-another-attack-on-new-york-city/
>
> Ex-General Stanley McChrystal:
>
> And although to the United States, a drone strike seems to have very  
> little risk and very little pain, at the receiving end, it feels like  
> war. Americans have got to understand that. If we were to use our  
> technological capabilities carelessly -- I don't think we do, but  
> there's always the danger that you will -- then we should not be upset 
> when someone responds with their equivalent, which is a suicide bomb in 
> Central Park, because that's what they can respond with.

Their equivalent would be a 20 kT nuclear device in a Manhattan
penthouse. If Theodore B. Taylor would be alive today, I think he
would agree that today a thermonuclear device is no longer out
of reach for small groups.