That would be an act of war.

The first challenge: was it sanctioned by Russian government or terrorists. It's probably one and the same but it's something we would have to take into account. I'll assume it was sanctioned by Putin.

Secondly: I think the president would have the support of the American people. Everyone would be scared shitless. He could do just about anything. I'd call every one of our allies and tell them that they were going along with the plan to stop trade with Russia whether they liked it or not (probably not a big deal because their economy would be fricked too). Like absolutely no fricking trade until xxx conditions were met.

Someone who demonstrates they can disrupt the U.S. (and world) economy must be stopped at all cost. That's an all in type scenario.

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Posted by Champagne

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Posted on 8/29/14 at 11:15 am to a want

Thanks for the responses, folks.

It's an interesting topic.

We'll have to rely on our computer network experts to make sure that our system is incapable of anything but a minor disruption from cyberattack.

If we can make sure of this, then we don't have to worry about cyberattack causing the kind of economic loss that, say, an EMP bomb would wreak.

If we can ensure our system from cyberattack, then we can take each minor hacking/cyberattack incident at it comes, and possibly respond in kind.

Let's be nice to our computer network expert folks so that this doesn't become an issue.

I agree that if some kind of massive cyberattack were to collapse a country's economy, that would be an act of war against that country. I don't think that International Law has completely resolved the issue in a coherent manner yet, however, but, in a common sense way, most people would consider it to be an act of war.

Here's to the computer geeks ! . . . I mean, here's to our esteemed computer network experts !