Administration favors nuclear free-for-all

I did a search and couldn't find that this had been posted before.


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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/161479_firstperson23.html

Administration favors nuclear free-for-all

Monday, February 23, 2004

GLEN MILNER
GUEST COLUMNIST

The next nuclear bomb used for war, because of changes in deployment and proximity to new Asian targets, likely will be delivered by a Puget Sound-based Trident submarine.

For the past 40 years, U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines were deployed as a deterrent to nuclear war. The potential for provoking a full-scale nuclear exchange was too terrifying to consider the limited use of nuclear weapons.

New U.S. war-fighting plans and the promotion of more useable nuclear weapons will affect the deployment of the Trident submarine system. Most notable is the doctrine of pre-emptive first strike, where any nation considered a threat to the United States could be attacked.

In December 2001, the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review called for the development of new tactical nuclear weapons and a resumption of nuclear tests. The review claimed, "Many buried targets could be attacked using a weapon with a much lower yield than would be required with a surface burst." The report also called for more "flexible, adaptable strike plans," including "options for variable and reduced yields, high accuracy and timely employment." <snip> more

My god! Why isn't this dictator being impeached for treason?

With all the talk about the Busheviks needing another terrorist attack, what about this?

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