"Kevin S. Van Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I can think of several entirely ethical uses of nuclear weapons, with the >usage not motivated by hate but simple utility: > >1. You have a large invading fleet approaching your nation. A few nukes out >in the middle of the ocean could handily take out the fleet without getting >any innocent bystanders. (This scenario occurs in one of Poul Anderson's >novels.) > >2. You have a large invading army crossing an uninhabited wasteland. Again, >tactical nukes would be useful and ethical here. Use airbursts, though, to >avoid producing a lot of fallout.
The Wall of Stalin: Detonate a string of dirty nukes along the Iraqi border with Kuwait/Saudi Arabia. Suddenly Dubya decides there are much better places to play soldiers, he'll look at the Iraqi thing again in 6,000 years or so. Peter.
