[Happy2BMe]

"I'm not going to put anything on the table or off the table," White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. said on NBC's "Meet the Press," adding that the United States will use "whatever means necessary" to protect its citizens and the world from a "holocaust."

Translation to Saddam: "Make My Day!"

Translation to All Other: "Yeah, we'll call your jihad and meet it with your trip to paradise."

[concerned about politics]

This has always been US policy. If we need the nukes to protect Americans, we'll use them.

[verity]

Susan Saranwrap and Barbra Stressedout must be outraged:~)

[PokeyJoe]

Aside from the content of the document, and the editorials listed by FR members regarding it's content (most of which I concur) - the release of a "secret" document that has yet to be declassified is a felony, and in times of war should carry the penalty of treason.

Was the source of this leak a member of the executive branch?
Did a member of congress, or one of their staff just commit treason?

[Happy2BMe]

Rogues states are working overtime to gain nuclear strike capability. N.Korea already has it - and can unleash megadeath on Japan (and possibly our West Coastal cities as well).

This disclosure is not only for the benefit of Saddamn Hussywawa, but also for the little maggot in Pyongyang.

China will eventually hit us with nukes - but not until they have sufficient land and sea-based launch platforms on par with those of the U.S. (We are actually funding this via record trade inbalances predicted to last another twenty years - by which time it will be too late.)

I see the unfolding scenario and greater need to use nuclear response as the beginning of the end of the world structure as we now know it.

The problem is not necessarily with us retaliating with nuclear force, but unstable nations such as Pakistan will undoubtebly capitalize on such a precedent and justify their own use of them from it.

I boldly support the use of nuclear force on the likes of Saddam Hussein, and would push the button myself if sitting in the proper seat.

"In the year 2510, if man is still alive by then . . "

[Search4Truth]

Nuclear weapons are useless as a deterrent unless the enemy believes that you will use them. Perhaps it is time we reminded them that we can and will. The world believes we are weak, and we were, but not anymore. Tactical use of Nukes (caves, bunkers, palaces) would be a reminder to the world that we are strong again and have the resolve to deal with threats, proactively. NK will take note.

[MD_Willington_1976]

A classified document signed by President Bush specifically allows for the use of nuclear weapons in response to biological or chemical attacks, apparently changing a decades-old U.S. policy of deliberate ambiguity, it was learned by The Washington Times.

Umm...if its classified then...Why the H#LL are we being told? I for one do not have clearance for classified material...Who are these people that give up this info and why are they not dealt with accordingly?

And now...some morning humour...

[My2Cents]

The cowboy rides again!...