From: Adam Flinton 

Steve Ewing wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:44:07 +0100, Adam Flinton
>  wrote:
>
>> So US power has grown since? Unlikely now that there is a large
>> commitment in Iraq.
>
>
> AAMOF, it is probably more likely now that we'd use a tactical nuke,
> just  because of our being so extended.  Wasn't the use of tactical
> nukes  envisioned in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion in Europe, to
> counter  our perceived conventional weakness?
>

I would hope that few people still hold to that....

The shock armies have gone, but a nuke is still a nuke.

Your potential enemies might also hold to it given US conventional mil advantages.

e.g. is Seoul going all glassy a tac nuke effect?

Adam

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