we are fair game for being hit with nukes now and they will as soon as they can . It’s coming . First strike !
We try to avoid it. If it happens on our soil, all gloves are off. We used nukes in Japan, and I support that. If we use them in a first strike mode now, it would destroy our moral leadership.
I have said that if we could use nukes to avoid being hit by a nuke and could prove it, then it would be acceptable. The world community would have to be able to buy off on it. It would have to be verifiable.
I mean to add to that, the idea that we could not let the world community have ultimate sign-off, but we would need to make a very clear case for our action. It would be best if the world community did agree up front.
I don’t necessarily like it, but that’s my read.