Sunday, September 11, 2005
Bush: If you can't beat them, nuke them!
Frustrated with its unplanned and prolonged war in Iraq, and to prevent future delays in spreading freedom and democracy, the Bush administration wants to PREEMPTIVELY NUKE nations or "terrorist groups" that are using or INTENDING to use WMDs.
The Washignton Post says "The document, written by the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs staff but not yet finally approved by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, would update rules and procedures governing use of nuclear weapons to reflect a preemption strategy first announced by the Bush White House in December 2002."
Some of you might remember the Bush administration directing the military as early as January 2002 to "prepare contingency plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries and to build new smaller nuclear weapons for use in certain battlefield situations. China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran and Libya. It says the weapons could be used in three types of situations: against targets able to withstand nonnuclear attack; in retaliation for attack with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons; or "in the event of surprising military developments."
So next time this country goes to war based on lies and WMDs that don't exist, be sure it will be fast, thanks to creative and morally superior uses of nuclear weapons.
Shame.
According to the document, combatant commanders could request approval from the president to use nuclear weapons under a variety of scenarios, such as to pre-empt an enemy's use of weapons of mass destruction against the United States, multinational or alliance forces or civilian populations... Other scenarios envisioned in the draft doctrine include nuclear weapons use to counter potentially overwhelming conventional forces, for rapid and favorable war termination on U.S. terms, to demonstrate U.S. intent and capability to use nuclear weapons to deter enemy use of weapons of mass destruction, and to respond to the use of weapons of mass destruction supplied by an enemy to a "surrogate." The document said "numerous nonstate organizations (terrorist, criminal)" and about 30 countries have programs for weapons of mass destruction.
The Washignton Post says "The document, written by the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs staff but not yet finally approved by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, would update rules and procedures governing use of nuclear weapons to reflect a preemption strategy first announced by the Bush White House in December 2002."
Some of you might remember the Bush administration directing the military as early as January 2002 to "prepare contingency plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries and to build new smaller nuclear weapons for use in certain battlefield situations. China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran and Libya. It says the weapons could be used in three types of situations: against targets able to withstand nonnuclear attack; in retaliation for attack with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons; or "in the event of surprising military developments."
So next time this country goes to war based on lies and WMDs that don't exist, be sure it will be fast, thanks to creative and morally superior uses of nuclear weapons.
Shame.
