Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:63164 talk.politics.mideast:33341 trial.talk.politics.peace:9 alt.desert-storm:5955 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!copper!jonesra From: jonesra@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (rex jones) 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: Date: 7 Feb 91 23:42:31 GMT References: <1991Feb7.025838.13793@panix.uucp> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University Lines: 24 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." 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. >-- >* Gordon Fitch | gcf@panix | uunet!cmcl2.nyu.edu!panix!mydog!gcf * -- Alt.desert-storm...the beginning of George Bush's 1992 re-election campaign ---- "Study war no more"--Jesse Jackson (1-14-91, from his MIT talk) ---- ---- "No more war, war ever again"--Pope Paul VI ---- ---- jonesra@copper.ucs.indiana.edu -- Standard disclaimers apply ----