Dan Minette wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
>
> > I think that if there were some sort of treaty between *all* countries
> that
> > have nukes that vowed they would not use nukes unless their borders were
> > attacked first, I'd be a little more comfortable.
>
> Out of curiosity, would you have been opposed to the US using nukes to
> defend Europe?
Not opposed, but not entirely comfortable. And I know that the US was
prepared to use nukes to defend Europe against another entity that also had
nukes, which is different from using nukes against a country that doesn't
have them.
If the US were to *give* nukes to a European country which then joined the
hypothetical treaty, that would be fine.
Or if everyone in NATO just joined the treaty, whether they had their own
nukes or were relying on the nuks of another NATO member.
Julia
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