Thanks for this mature reply.
No problem. Hope you take the advise.
I guess we should just feed them, clothes them, arm them, appease them...sort of what Iraq and Iran do?
No, thanks. When you learn how to get past the natural part of cognitive adolescence you are in- idealism and emotive appeals - you will find more people taking you seriously. Thanks for sharing.
And I want to take this opportunity to thank you for popping your head out of your ass long enough to submit your inane "thoughts" to candid criticism. I knew that if I only looked around for a bit, I could find one of you "peace, love, dope" types. I needed the therapy, so here goes:
You are a collosal ignoramous. Your stupidity is so profound that it apparently has overwhelmed your instinct to self-preservation.
This document explicates US policy with respect to the uses of nuclear weapons and lays out the possible rationales . None remind me of Dr. Strangelove. Rather, they reflect reality in an increasingly dark world. A world in which the USA functions as a beacon of light. We may need to use nuclear devices to destroy deep bunkers/nests of wicked and evil men who hunker down there, planning the next 9/11 atrocity. You got a problem with that? Sign up for the platoon that would go in there to do the job manually if the nuke option were off the table. Probability of use: low. Probability of you joining the service: nil.
As a retaliatory technique, this document isn't any different than the 50+ years of MAD that kept the nuclear peace during the Cold War. The only difference is that we may actually have to retaliate. The USSR proved sane in the sense that they loved their children more than their marxist ideology. Arab Islamofascists have shown repeatedly that they love the promise of virgins in paradise and the vision of global islamofascist domination to the continued health and vitality of their children. To sub-human barbarians such as these, the very real threat of Mecca and Medina engulfed in a radioactive fireball must be clearly and unequivocably communicated. Repeatedly, if necessary. We'll have to hope that this is enough to keep them from implementing a deranged plan to detonate a stolen warhead in NY or Washington DC, or perhaps, your hometown.
And this document reveals that we reserve the right to use nuclear weapons if the military situation calls for them, in order to reverse surprising military developments. Sorry, Perrin, but we won't simply roll over and die to please you and your tie-dyed friends notions of "morality".
You may choose to live in a fantasy world based on Disney scripted versions of reality. That choice seems all the more inexplicable in light of 9/11, but I've never been wrong over-estimating the stupidity and naivete of knuckleheads on the left (or far, far right).
The rest of us will prefer to judge reality on the evidence of what our eyes, ears and noses tell us, as we stood on the street corners of NY on that awful Tuesday morning, or watched in horror on the television.
Cower in the corner, wretched punk. Shrink from the realization of the awful burden our generation of Americans have had forced upon us. Hide under the bed, and at long last, simply recognize that the grown-ups will have to do the hard, dirty work of keeping your sorry excuse for a citizen free and safe. Perhaps one day, you may have the grace to whisper a long overdue "thank you".
EVERY country has a war contingency plan, why are you so angry that the US has one??