U.S. Works Up Plan for Using Nuclear Arms

[Greg Schofield]

First I would like to make the point that the situation today is unique in the sense of the lack of constraints on the US. Second the nuclear option has been sucidal only in terms of expected retaliation (explicitly muted in Vietnam). Third we have seen depleted uranium in use, so tactical nuclear is not so a remote possiblity.

Plus the US seems unprepared to take any serious casualities and this factor should not be under-rated.

Carrol, neverthelss you are probably right, but I would not want to bet on it. Before Bush I would have not been worried.

--- Message Received ---
From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 20:08:37 -0600
Subject: Re: U.S. Works Up Plan for Using Nuclear Arms

No it isn't. Concrete plans to nuke Chinese installations in North
Vietnam had been made in the fall of 1969 but the size of the November
Moratorium demonstration in D.C. caused cancellation. It has always been
part of U.S. strategy to win in any way necessary -- no limits to the
destruction the U.S. ruling class has been and is prepared to bring
about.

Carrol

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Greg Schofield
Perth Australia
g_schofield at dingoblue.net.au
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