As we move closer to the third world war I have to wonder will there be anyone left to fight the forth onePentagon plans strike-first nuclear policy
12.09.05 1.00pm
By Rupert Cornwell
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has drawn up a new strategy, built on the 2002 "Bush doctrine" of pre-emptive military strikes, that would allow the US to make first use of nuclear weapons to thwart an a WMD attack against the country.
Under the scheme, developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff but yet to be ratified by Donald Rumsfeld, the Defence Secretary, commanders would be able to request permission from the President to use nuclear weapons in a variety of scenarios.
According to the Washington Post, one possibility is an enemy that is using, or "is about to use" weapons of mass destruction against US military forces or civilian population.
Another is where nuclear weapons could be used against biological weapons that an enemy was close to using, and which could only be safely destroyed by nuclear weapons and their after-effects.
In practice, the strategy would update existing guidelines, drawn up in 1995 under the Clinton administration.
It would fit in with plans mooted by the Pentagon to develop a new generation of nuclear weapons, specifically designed to attack enemy bunkers of WMD, buried deep underground.
But Congress has thus far declined to provide funds for a study into the so-called "robust nuclear earth penetrator", not least because of criticism that such a move would make a mockery of US-led efforts to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation, and make it more, rather than less likely, that such weapons would be employed.
However the Pentagon document argues that proliferation has already made it more likely that nuclear weapons could be used.
It claims that some 30 nations have WMD programmes -- not to mention terrorists, or "non-state actors" as they are described, acting either independently or under the sponsorship of a state opposed to the US.
It also points out that even during the Cold War the US refused to commit itself to a "no first use" of nuclear weapons.
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Pentagon plans strike-first nuclear policy
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I already saw this on another site.
Yes, this worries me, but I think we need to realize that the Pentagon is pretty much a militaristic faction -- not the government nor the policy maker of the US. It doesn't surprise me that they would come up with a military solution. I doubt this policy will pass in Congress, though.
Yes, this worries me, but I think we need to realize that the Pentagon is pretty much a militaristic faction -- not the government nor the policy maker of the US. It doesn't surprise me that they would come up with a military solution. I doubt this policy will pass in Congress, though.
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I don't think there will be a world to fight for after the third one. Maybe the cockroaches will.
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...WTF why do we really need to have the ablility to wipeout the world a few times over???
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Well, now I am really starting to believe that I may not become a grandfather.
Heh, never thought it was so easy to destroy the planet. lol.
Heh, never thought it was so easy to destroy the planet. lol.
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Hmmph keep gaming while you can guys :-/, well I don't have something to coment at the moment, this is just sad..
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Always Remenber to wear solar lotion just in case. :heh:Nevermore said:Speak for yourself dude, I'll feel the burn over here in canada
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"According to the Washington Post, one possibility is an enemy that is using, or "is about to use" weapons of mass destruction against US military forces or civilian population."
If they lied about the weapons of mass destruction in iraq nothing can stop them from saying that somone like Korea "is about to use" and wipe them out as an excuse.
I mean some **** i dont understand, US get all upset couse North Korea is testing out nuclear weapons, but the US is filled with them... and most likely even worst weapons.
If they lied about the weapons of mass destruction in iraq nothing can stop them from saying that somone like Korea "is about to use" and wipe them out as an excuse.
I mean some **** i dont understand, US get all upset couse North Korea is testing out nuclear weapons, but the US is filled with them... and most likely even worst weapons.
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Slogan: Save the next generation, wear lead underwarePlayer-X said:
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The US as a whole is one of the best countries on the face of the Earth, maybe even the best, I don't know but the US's policy that we can have as powerful of weapons as we want and it's ok but if any other country starts to build weapons to defend themselves, then we must stop them. I understand the US's concerns because North Korea is a communist country but I don't agree with a strike-first nuclear policy. The people who live in the communist country suffer enough, they don't deserve to lose thier lives too.
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