Posted on 03/11/2002 6:09:28 AM PST by Pokey78
Any American government that did NOT have a nuclear contingency plan would be traitorous IMO.
CONTINGENCY PLANS! The government is doing exactly what they are supposed to do. Consider and plan for every possibility, however remote. It does not mean that Bush desires to nuke anyone.
Sheesh! What a bunch of idiots.
If you're looking for loonies, fetch a mirror.
Letter to the Editor, Buffalo News
Contrary to the repeated denials of Editor Margaret Sullivan, the Buffalo News exhibits bias daily in not only its own news coverage but stories supplied by the far left wing sister paper, the Los Angeles Times. A story from the far left wing, LA Times in this Sundays paper, exhibits the EXACT type of bias described in Bernard Goldbergs book Bias.
The body of the article 7 nations on U.S. list as targets for nukes, contains references to 3 groups. The first 2 groups, which were in opposition to the subject of the article, are simply referred to by name. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Council for a Livable World.
The last group mentioned, Heritage Foundation was clearly identified as the conservative Heritage Foundation
What were the first 2 groups, left wing, socialist, communist, anti-capitalists, anti-American, Marxist?
Tell me Ms Sullivan, why does the LA Times and the Buffalo News continue to do this? I certainly do not mind the Heritage Foundation labeled as conservative because they are a conservative group and that tells me their point of reference, which is supporting the US Constitution. I cannot determine the point of reference for the first 2 groups because for some reason, the media refuses to place the pejorative label preceding any left wing groups name.
I would highly recommend your entire editorial staff read and attempt to understand Mr. Goldbergs book so that we dont have to keep referring to the far left wing Buffalo News.
Ever since the end of the second world war, social psychologists and communication scholars have been conducting empirical studies in order to learn more about the effectiveness of fear appeals.
All other things being equal, the more frightened a person is by a communication, the more likely her or she is to take positive preventive action.
Fear appeals will not succeed in altering behavior if the audience feels powerless to change the situation.
Fear appeals are more likely to succeed in changing behavior if they contain specific recommendations for reducing the threat that the audience believes are both effective and doable.
In summary, there are four elements to a successful fear appeal: 1) a threat, 2) a specific recommendation about how the audience should behave, 3) audience perception that the recommendation will be effective in addressing the threat, and 4) audience perception that they are capable of performing the recommended behavior.
No, that was Bill Clintons works . Thank God Bush is here to correct that!
True. The Sunday news shows mentioned that the 60's mentality has died. That means liberal power has died. And it was on ABC!!!
Ok Mohammed, I see your sense of proportion is par for the Muslim course.
These are not just contigency plans for an eventual strike back when the US is targeted by a nuclear ICBM.
This manifesto of nuclear madness rendered by an anonymous team of Dr. Strangeloves essentially states that the US will use nuclear weapons just as they damn well please, no longer as a last resort when their national survival is at stake, but to put down regional revolts on the farthest frontiers of their global empire. In short, as a response to "surprising military developments," nukes will now be used as weapons of conquest. Let's say the US invades Iraq, and the war starts to go badly, perhaps because other Arab countries enter the fray and US troops are caught in a general conflagration, a replay of what happened at that Marine barracks in Beirut only on a much larger scale. According to the new policy, in that case the US can always nuke 'em into submission. Indeed, the mere threat is enough to at least temper the thought of resistance, which is another reason I tend to think this "leak" was sprung from the top.
The next Century will be an American and Asian Century. You are becoming more irrelevant every day.
I got this far and went into a fit of uncontrollable yawning.
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