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To: TigerLikesRooster
Is this the tortured fantasy of some Japanese leftist?

I can understand reloading the equipment, but the US publicly committing to first use of nuclear weapons seems unlikely, especially without Congressional authorization. Such would create a furor that might force us into a position that hampers our options more than they are now. I can't imagine that the Pentagon would leak such a story either.

12 posted on 05/01/2005 12:40:30 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are REALLY stupid.)
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To: Carry_Okie
The president does not need congress to authorize any military action whatsoever.

He is the commander in Chief and nothing in the constiution or in law procribes differently. Period.

As far as letting such states enjoy the benefits of free trade to arm themselves to the teeth, well..


22 posted on 05/01/2005 1:01:40 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Carry_Okie

Actually, a preemptive attack with nukes was always what SAC intended. If they had hard evidence that the Soviets were about to launch, the B-52s would leave their Fail-Safe points and the missiles would launch from the silos and submarines.


99 posted on 05/02/2005 5:17:23 AM PDT by ABG(anybody but Gore) (From Roe v Wade to Terri Schiavo, the RATS have become a death cult...)
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