Draft U.S. paper allows commanders to seek preemptive nuke strikes

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Draft U.S. paper allows commanders to seek preemptive nuke strikes(N. Korea/Iran)
Kyodo News ^ | 05/01/05
Sunday May 1, 5:39 PM


Draft U.S. paper allows commanders to seek preemptive nuke strikes
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. military plans to allow regional combatant commanders to request the president for approval to carry out preemptive nuclear strikes against possible attacks on the United States or its allies with weapons of mass destruction, according to a draft new nuclear operations paper. The paper, drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces, also revealed that submarines which make port calls in Yokosuka, Sasebo and Okinawa in Japan are prepared for reloading nuclear warheads if necessary to deal with a crisis.

The March 15 draft paper, a copy of which was made available, is titled "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations" providing "guidelines for the joint employment of forces in nuclear operations...for the employment of U.S. nuclear forces, command and control relationships, and weapons effect considerations."

"There are numerous nonstate organizations (terrorist, criminal) and about 30 nations with WMD programs, including many regional states," the paper says in allowing combatant commanders in the Pacific and other theaters to maintain an option of preemptive strikes against "rogue" states and terrorists and "request presidential approval for use of nuclear weapons" under set conditions.

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050501/kyodo/d89qa7lo0.html

[Massacure]

1. That must make Russia and China scared.

Launching nuclear attacks on countries opens the door for mistaken identies. What if Russia mistakes it for an attack on them? World War III.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Exactly

This is fucked up. And we're winning the war on terrorism? Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[G_j]

2. I saw this

if we aren't careful these psychos will do it too!!
:scared:

[peace4all]

4. help!!

complete insanity!
WTF is going on?