US Will Use Nuclear Weapons First

"no customary or conventional international law prohibits nations from employing nuclear weapons in armed conflict."

Articles of interest follow:


The Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons: New Doctrine Falls Short of Bush Pledge

A nuclear draft doctrine written by the Pentagon calls for maintaining an aggressive nuclear posture with weapons on high alert to strike adversaries armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD), pre-emptively if necessary.
The doctrine, the first formal update since the Bush administration took office, is entitled “Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations”[1] and has been strongly influenced by the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and other directives published by the Bush administration since 2001. A final version is expected later this fall. (more)


Bush's New Military Policy: First Strikes, Unrivaled Power
(Article from 2002)

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will publish a comprehensive rationale today for shifting American military strategy toward pre-emptive action against hostile states and terrorist groups. It will also state, for the first time, that the United States will never allow its military supremacy to be challenged the way it was during the Cold War.The document, titled "The National Security Strategy of the United States" sketches out a far more muscular and sometimes aggressive approach to national security than any since the Reagan era. (more)


Government Gives In-Principle Support to US First-Strike Policy

The Australian government should have RSI in their knees by now. Read about it here.
The two following quotes are from Mark Latham (the ex-leader of the Australian opposition party) and are as valid today as the day he made them.

"Mr Howard and his Government are just yes-men to the United States. There they are, a conga line of suckholes on the conservative side of Australian politics. The backbench sucks up to the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister sucks up to George W. That is how it works for the little tories, and they have the hide to call themselves Australians. In my book they are not Australians at all, just little tory suckholes. That is all they have left on their rotten little side of politics ..."

"The truth is the Prime Minister has forgotten how to stand up for the national interest. He has forgotten how to be a good Australian, not some yes-man to a flaky and dangerous American President ..."

Read more excerpts from that speech here.

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