The Bush administration is officially starting to scare me. I was starting to get a little concerned when the government announced the creation of the "Shadow Government" that is in secret, fortified locations in case of nuclear attack. But now, the possibility of using nuclear weapons as an offensive weapon on the battlefield scares me to death.
The BBC article scares me even more. This article quotes a Pentagon paper as saying: "the Pentagon should be ready to use nuclear weapons in an Arab-Israeli conflict". What could possibly justify the US becoming involved and using nuclear weapons in that conflict? I suppose that the threat of nuclear weapons has always been present, but it certainly seems to me that Bush is pushing the envelope on this issue. Is it possible that he is trying to outdo his father in this (these) conflict(s)? Gary Pentagon Details Nuclear Plans Pentagon Tells Congress of Planning for Possible Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Countries That Threaten U.S. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20020309_1306.html Shadow Government http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/shadowgov020301.html US 'has nuclear hit list' http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1864000/1864173.stm
