Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:63512 talk.politics.mideast:33630 trial.talk.politics.peace:33 alt.desert-storm:6741 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!meteor!phoebus.meteor.wisc.edu!foley From: foley@phoebus.meteor.wisc.edu (Jonathan Foley) 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: <1991Feb11.204302.27201@meteor.wisc.edu> Date: 11 Feb 91 20:43:02 GMT References: <1991Feb7.025838.13793@panix.uucp> <1991Feb9.075438.17779@alembic.acs.com> <1991Feb11.023449.17583@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1991Feb11.172446.7039@engin.umich.edu> Sender: @meteor.wisc.edu Reply-To: foley@meteor.wisc.edu Organization: Center for Climatic Research Lines: 36 In article <1991Feb11.172446.7039@engin.umich.edu>, bombach@caen.engin.umich.edu (Paul Matthew Bombach) writes: |> > |> >I think that in the event of chemical warfare attacks, the US might |> >very well drop a tactical nuke on one of the Republican Guard units. |> >I'm pretty sure the U.S. population would support such a move - I'm |> >not so sure of world opinion, but I suspect the reaction would be |> >negative, but not overwhelmingly so. |> |> As my mother used to say "Two wrongs don't make a right." |> |> If the U.S. dropped a tactical nuke, I thinked G.Bush should be tried as a |> war criminal. |> |> Paul Bombach Just a thought...with the typical Washington 'doublespeak' going on, I was wondering what George and his friends would call a nuclear bomb used on Iraqi troops? I think I know - a 'tactical fission liberation device'. This goes very well with his 'revenue enhancement' instead of 'new taxes' crap. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Foley foley@meteor.wisc.edu Center for Climatic Research uunet!meteor.wisc.edu!foley@uunet.uu.net and Department of Meteorology foley@wiscmacc.bitnet University of Wisconsin 1225 West Dayton Street (608) 262-0794 Madison, WI 53706 - United States (608) 262-2839 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------