[TheForge] Patriotic rant....

Fri Jun 21 02:12:01 2002

I can think of worse things to say about a guy than comparing him to Ronald
Reagan.
Were it not for Reagan, the Berlin Wall would still be standing.

That he states using the weapons is not out of the question is exactly what
makes them a deterrent.
(And he was talking about tactical nukes.)

Bob

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	The fact that he would publicly state that he would not rule
	out first strike use of such weapons in prima fascia evidence
	that he is clinically insane.  Such talk is nuts on its face,
	but given that the responses of other nuclear powers to such
	talk cannot be predicted with sufficient reliability, his
	comments take on a new character of unmitigated psychosis.
	He reminds me a bit of Ronald Reagan, who by his words and
	actions appeared to think he was in another "kill all the
	Japs" WWII movie, except that Reagan had the apparent good sense
	not to run off at the mouth about first strikes against the
	enemies of the US with hydrogen devices.  I'm sorry, but
	Bush is kookoo.  What would happen if Russia just decided it
	has had enough and launched a strike in response to our
	fearless leader's rhetoric.  Sure, it's not very likely, but
	it's not impossible either.  This is the sort of thing one
	doesn't mess with a whole lot if the goal is to not wind up
	living in a global radioactive wasteland.  OK, we'd wipe Russia
	out, but to what end?  Fallout respects no boundaries.