It was not an official announcement. It was leaked, then they had to explain what was going on. Like I said earlier, It would make me mad to think the government has a nuclear arsenal and no plans of how or when to use them.
Lets stop and thing about this. The military must have rules of engagement. These rules need to include all possibilities. We probably have plans to nuke Israel, Great Britain, Canada and Mexico. What is wrong with having plans? At 02:19 PM 3/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Since you asked for my opinion, I suppose Saddam does not have nuclear >weapons unless I am presented with evidence he does. I also suppose going >around saying "We are considering nuking you" to be a VERY aggressive >statement considering the power of these weapons. I also consider people and >administrations who need to resort to such tactics to fight battles simple >and unenlightened, and would not want these people sitting with their finger >on the button. The example of Barry Goldwater comes to mind. > >Were a country to start using nuclear weapons to achieve political >advantages, I am fairly certain the international community would move to >eliminate that country from the map in short order. I cannot imagine Saddam >would have an opportunity to get off more than one attack, considering the >US has enough conventional firepower which can be deployed via long range >bomber to squash the Iraqi army 50 times over. Nuking Iraq, as much as it >would appeal to some people, would definitely fit into the category of >'overkill'. ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
