From: "Gary Britt" 

Absolutely.  There were two alternatives.  1) match the Soviet Union in
conventional arms or 2) have fewer conventional forces and tactical nukes
to make up the difference.  Liberals wouldn't support the size of defense
spending required for 1) so 2) was the only choice other than surrender.
I'll give you the liberals probably would have preferred surrender to the
commies.

Gary

"Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
news:opsfk2binasagvys{at}news.barkto.com...
> 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?
>
> --
> Steve 
> http://www.qmss.com/sewing

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