Why is that? I'm guessing you think that you can't use bio or chem weapons against your own people right?
You should ask Sadaam and the thousands of dead Kurds about that. Oh wait you can't, that's right, there dead from chemical attacks launched by the government of Iraq. Now, before you say those are different, remember, since the 50's we have viewed WMD as ONE. No difference between the N the B or the C. -- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:38 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bush reconfirms nuking Iran, sorry :) In a sense, sure, but Iran has had a secret nuclear program for twenty years. Undemocratic, internally unpopular regimes with lots of external enemies - Iran and North Korea come to mind, as does South Africa in a previous incarnation - want to acquire nuclear weapons as a last ditch effort to hold onto power. Foreign Affairs covered this subject with respect to Iran last Fall. The downfall of the "nukes as a defense to prop up the regime" strategy is that it does nothing to prevent unrest from within the country, because you can hardly nuke your own country, even as a last resort. Iran needs to learn the lessons of the Soviet Union. On 4/19/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm..some interesting thoughts on this topic: > > http://tinyurl.com/fb323 > > ["I don't think we ever would have used them but, nevertheless, the > Iraqis didn't know that and we could have if the provocation was > serious," retired Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of > Staff during this period, told PBS Frontline in 1995. In other words, > Iraq's pursuit of WMD was never irrational and our ambiguous resort to > nuclear weapons probably contributed to Iraqi thinking with regard to > their needs. I conclude from this that ambiguity can lead to > proliferation. Our nuclear policy is part of the problem."] > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204817 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
