[Scott from the Left Coast]

Using Nukes on our enemies would give us all here a great sense of satisfaction...but let's face it, it simply is not going to happen, ever. The media is stupid enough to put a story like this out there for titilation but we should be smarter here.

The U.S. is never going to engage in first use of nuclear weapons. They will only be used in the case that we are first attacked with the same.

The nation that uses nukes in a first strike will be the world's pariah. And any U.S. President that orders it will be politically dead...if not impeached.

[cake_crumb]

"Using Nukes on our enemies would give us all here a great sense of satisfaction...but let's face it, it simply is not going to happen, ever."

Let's not be a wet blanket. The Islamakazis are still reeling from the shock of US reaction to 9/11/01...they don't know we won't. Trust me. Next time a rabid bunch of them makes a crack about US imperialism, ask them when we nuked Mecca and why havn't you heard about it. Then run.

PS: if Saddam DOES use a WMD on the US, a tactical nukes will be their answer. The open desert shouldn't be uninhabitable for too long.

[Happy2BMe]

"The nation that uses nukes in a first strike will be the world's pariah. And any U.S. President that orders it will be politically dead...if not impeached."

Uh- Hum!

Can you say H-I-R-O-S-H-I-M-A?

Was THAT president impeached?

Oh, and BTW, nuclear latitude was given to field commanders during Desert Storm for use in WMD retaliation.

This time out will be no different.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...any U.S. President that orders it will be politically dead...if not impeached....

Forget 'impeached'.

He'd have to be replaced mid-sentence, like Captain Queeg.