Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:63182 talk.politics.mideast:33357 trial.talk.politics.peace:12 alt.desert-storm:5991 Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,talk.politics.mideast,trial.talk.politics.peace,alt.conspiracy,alt.desert-storm Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca!golchowy From: golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) Subject: Re: The Nuclear Option Message-ID: <1991Feb8.014431.19954@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> Keywords: mass destruction, anyone? Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department References: <1991Feb7.025838.13793@panix.uucp> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 1991 01:44:31 GMT In article jonesra@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (rex jones) writes: >gcf@panix.uucp (Gordon Fitch) writes: > >>Note that in recent days the Butch, Danforth, and more than one >>of America's hochkommandatura have quite openly mused on the >>thought of using nuclear weapons -- especially if things go badly. >>And so far, they have not gone very well, outside of the media. > >In today's Indianapolis Star, Dan Burton (congressman from northern >Indy/Carmel) wrote a 1/4 page article expounding on why tactical >'battlefield' nukes should be used. His main argument seemed to be that >the nukes that have been used killed only 160,000, while the Dresden >firebombings killed 200,000, so the military probably would kill fewer >with the nukes. > If nuclear weapons are used by the coalition against a non-nuclear Third World country, you might as well kiss nuclear non-proliferation good-bye, and jack up the SDI budget. Gerald