The US will not sign a landmine ban treaty (we depend on them in Korea). We were also not going to give up the only weapon we had to close the Fulda gap had the Soviets attempted to roll into W. Germany. First use in defense.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 4:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Nukes > > > Really, I thought that all throughout the cold war, the US never > gave up the > First Use option. To me that suggests more of an offensive use readiness > rather than strictly a defensive use, as in using nukes only when > a hostile > launch occurs. ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
