How About a Nice Game of Global Thermonuclear War?

Loconut1389 writes "According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon has a revised doctrine to be signed in the next few weeks would give the president the authority for a preemptive nuclear strike. I would hope that this is a move designed to say we mean business and then never use it, but the means is there for mutual assured destruction."

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Bush with a Nuke ?

[speedlaw]

This is very scary. Bush and company have already shown how to botch a terrorist capture, attack a totally unrelated country, allowing an islamist theocracy to erupt, and sleep in while a major city is flattened by nature. Hell, doing something stupid with a nuke is about all that's left on the "to do" list. This group has already proven beyond a doubt they don't have what it takes to handle this sort of responsiblity.

Re:Pre-emption a severe move with these weapons

[themassiah]

You seem to be under the erroneous impression that the current administration gives a radioactive rat's ass about "the world community as a whole".

I'm not saying that their stance is correct, just calling it as I see it.

Re:Mutual?

[Paua Fritter]

No-one was tortured at Abu Ghraib - not while it was under American control.

Rape, sexual abuse, beatings, setting dogs onto prisoners ... this is all documented. Several people were convicted of these crimes and are are serving time in jail right now.

But the truly outrageous thing about it is not just the crimes themselves; bad enough, though hardly a patch on Saddam's boys. No, what's even more outrageous is that the American regime actually claims that this is not torture. They say it's "technically different". Oh that's ok then.

Even more disgusting (to me, at least, since I had no respect for Rumsfeld et al anyway) is the capacity for self-delusion shown by some apparently ordinary American citizens who will publicly sign up to this double-speak, and join in the fun of papering over evil acts with "nice" words.

I'm sure when Bush nukes some Arab country there'll be plenty more idiots prepared to line up behind their fuhrer and promise themselves that it was all for the freedom and democracy and apple pies. The rest of the world can do stuff-all about it, but don't expect us to actually believe the "beacon of freedom" bullshit.