Operation Infinite Justice

[Justin Schwartz]

The US military has been slavering to use tactical nuclear weapons ever 
since before there weres uch things, and nuclear threats are a commin part 
of US military and foreign policy. See Richard Betts' book on US nuclaer 
threats (I forget the title) and Axelrod and Kaku, To Win a Nuclear War. (I 
was research assistant on the book.) In the early 1980s the Brookings Inst 
had a big study of US military policy th+t included analysis of the nuclear 
threats. With the Russians out of the war, the danger is worse than it was 
in the cold war. However, the allies would probably anethamize the US if it 
went nuclear--if Bush cares what Europe and Japan think. --jks


>From: "Ian Murray" <seamus2001 at home.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
>Subject: Re: Operation Infinite Justice
>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:47:53 -0700
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ken Hanly" <khanly at mb.sympatico.ca>
>To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 2:07 PM
>Subject: Re: Operation Infinite Justice
>
>
> > While it is not at all certain that there will be nuclear strikes,
>the
> > article gives evidence the Bush administration includes hawks who
>favor the
> > use of tactical nuclear weapons.  Various contractors and the
>Pentagon also
> > seem to favor their development and use. This is an opportunity to
>test the
> > efficacy of such weapons and to develop newer and "better" weapons
>on the
> > basis of what is learned. The best that can be done under the cone
>of
> > silence is to make educated guesses on the basis of what we do no.
>This
> > seems to be a reasonable educated guess in the circumstances.
> >
> > Cheers, Ken Hanly
> >
>===========
>The US military has nukes that will fit in a large [and very heavy]
>briefcase.
>
>Ian
>

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