[cicero's_son]

You left out India.

I have a lot of confidence in this administration, though. Despite all of the flak he's taken around here, Colin Powell has done an impressive job of managing our diplomacy in this period. We won't do Iraq until we can be sure these destablizing events are off the table.

[Icthus]

Agreed....we manipulated the situation to our and Israel's benefit. I hadn't given India alot of thought, but you're probably right.

The question boils down to this.....

If the China/NK/Iraq scenario actually does develop, do we use small tactical nukes to freeze everybody in their tracks....or would that escalate the madness?