I know, that's the sad truth of it all. It was as sad as it was predictable. I've had a few debates with random fuckwits on fezbook over the past few days trying to understand why they think it deters anything. They have absolutely zero comebacks because when you mention that there is no "terrorist island", we have no fucking thing to target, and in all likelihood, if we're being nuked, we'll be fucked anyway. We can't even put boots on our troops, why the fuck would we be competent enough to even know how to launch a nuke or keep it within budget.
The amount of good that money could do for the country is unreal.