Originally Posted by THEMASKEDRIDER

naw, but we could have tested our superweapon in a way so that they could have seen the potential destruction, without killing 80k civilians. then threaten it against a major city within 3 days unless surrender on our terms

it would seem to put the moral burden on them for their civilian deaths+ i cant envision any change in our leverage or what the results would have been nor our exposure at the time

im only thinking about it cause i bet a bunch of iraqis would like to bomb my town right now cause of the actions of the US