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[Michael Pugliese]

>..."`irrational and vindictive'' demeanor against  adversaries such as Iraq may help  deter conflict.

The view is contained in an internal  study, ``Essentials of Post-Cold
War Deterrence,'' written by the  Strategic Command, the multiservice
headquarters responsible for the  nation's strategic nuclear arsenal.>...

   Grimly fascinating, Ian.

   For more see, "Minds At War:Nuclear Reality and the Inner Conflicts
of Defense Policymakers, " by Steven Kull, Basic Books, 1989.
Reviewed here http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=3947
by, ahem , McGeorge Bundy, who later wrote a tome himself on The Bomb.
McGeorge's partner in crime, full name Eugene Victor Debs Rostow just died.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/26/obituaries/26ROST.html
Michael Pugliese
P.S.
(Kull and Kohut on Polling on Iraq War. 

 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec02/iraqpolls_10-07-02.html )