Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:63196 talk.politics.mideast:33375 trial.talk.politics.peace:15 alt.desert-storm:6033 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!oktext!prater From: prater@oktext.sbc.com (Caryn S. Prater) Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,talk.politics.mideast,trial.talk.politics.peace,alt.conspiracy,alt.desert-storm Subject: Re: The Nuclear Option Keywords: mass destruction, anyone? Message-ID: <1991Feb8.032851.9642@swbatl.sbc.com> Date: 8 Feb 91 03:28:51 GMT References: <1991Feb7.025838.13793@panix.uucp> Sender: usenet@swbatl.sbc.com (0000-news(0000)) Reply-To: prater@oktext.UUCP (Caryn S. Prater) Organization: Southwestern Bell Lines: 21 In article <1991Feb7.025838.13793@panix.uucp> 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. > >This is called a "trial baloon." >-- >* Gordon Fitch | gcf@panix | uunet!cmcl2.nyu.edu!panix!mydog!gcf * If he does use the bomb, we won't have to worry about him again in '92. Caryn -- Nolite te bastardes carborunodorum Author unknown :-)