America's nuclear ticking bomb

By Jorge Hirsch
January 3, 2006

New U.S. policies for the use of nuclear weapons were formulated in the administration document "Nuclear Posture Review" of 2001 and became more sharply defined through a Pentagon draft document "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations."

They envision the use of nuclear weapons against adversary underground installations, against adversaries using or intending to use weapons of mass destruction against U.S. forces and for rapid and favorable war termination on U.S. terms. Implementation of these policies, whose drafters occupy the upper echelons of the Bush administration today, could be precipitated in the near future by events unfolding in the Persian Gulf.

Iran's nuclear program has become a central theme in Israel's electoral campaign, with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly advocating a pre-emptive attack against Iran's nuclear installations, and his main rival, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, explicitly not ruling out that possibility. Given the U.S. presence in Iraq and its close alliance with Israel, the United States would necessarily become militarily involved in the aftermath of such an Israeli attack.

Russia and China have sided with Iran in that it is legally entitled under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to enrich uranium for nonmilitary purposes. The United States adamantly opposes Iran's restarting of any uranium-enrichment-related activities and is pushing for Iran to be referred to the U.N. Security Council for sanctions. The United States has explicitly not ruled out its own military option against Iran and has recently exercised that option against a state (Iraq) suspected of having weapons of mass destruction and of sponsoring terrorism. Iran certainly falls in that category.
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sounds like someone wants to nuke someone else... hummm... what would give that someone a good public excuse/reason to get the people of the world to go along with this plan??? can you not see the writing on the wall??