Pentagon plans reveal new planning for "preemptive nuclear strikes"

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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0911-02.htm

Published on Sunday, September 11, 2005 by Agence France Presse
Draft US Defense Paper Outlines Preventive Nuclear Strikes


A new draft US defense paper calls for preventive nuclear strikes against state and non-state adversaries in order to deter them from using weapons of mass destruction and urges US troops to "prepare to use nuclear weapons effectively."


Archive picture of a US nuclear bomb exploding over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. A new draft US defense paper calls for preventive nuclear strikes against state and non-state adversaries in order to deter them from using weapons of mass destruction and urges US troops to 'prepare to use nuclear weapons effectively.' (AFP/File)

The document, titled "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations" and dated March 15, was put together by the Pentagon's Joint Staff in at attempt to adapt current procedures to the fast-changing world after the September 11, 2001, attacks, said a defense official.

But the official, who spoke to AFP late Saturday on condition of anonymity, said it has not yet been signed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and thus has not been made official policy.

"It's in the process of being considered," the official said.



More at link........

So now there is going to be a "strike-first" doctrine with nuclear weapons -- something not accepted since WW2??!

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1. Really? Which US cities are they taking aim at?

Oh, wait... it's the civilian side of the Bush administration that's tasked with destroying us at home.

Carry on.

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