1.0 BILLION DEAD. Estimate – Limited Regional Nuclear War

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IMPEACHMENT RIGHT NOW. NO MORE BULL SHIT EXCUSES.

An Assessment of the Extent of Projected Global Famine
Resulting From Limited, Regional Nuclear War

Link: http://tinyurl.com/yqb5rj

Ira Helfand, MD

Ira Helfand is an emergency physician and internist practicing in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is on the boards of both Physicians for Social Responsibility and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He has written extensively on the issues of accidental nuclear war and nuclear terrorism.
© 2007 Royal Society of Medicine Abstract

The recent study by Robock et al on the climatic consequences of regional nuclear war shows that even a “limited” nuclear conflict, involving as few as 100 Hiroshima-sized bombs, would have global implications with significant cooling of the earth's surface and decreased precipitation in many parts of the world.

A conflict of this magnitude could arise between emerging nuclear powers such as India and Pakistan. Past episodes of abrupt global cooling, due to volcanic activity, caused major crop failures and famine; the predicted climate effects of a regional nuclear war would be expected to cause similar shortfalls in agricultural production.

In addition large quantities of food might need to be destroyed and significant areas of crop land might need to be taken out of production because of radioactive contamination. Even a modest, sudden decline in agricultural production could trigger significant increases in the prices for basic foods and hoarding on a global scale, both of which would make food inaccessible to poor people in much of the world.

While it is not possible to estimate the precise extent of the global famine that would follow a regional nuclear war, it seems reasonable to postulate a total global death toll in the range of one billion from starvation alone. Famine on this scale would also lead to major epidemics of infectious diseases, and would create immense potential for war and civil conflict.

IMPEACHMENT RIGHT NOW. NO MORE BULL SHIT EXCUSES.

[sam sarrha]

1. i think nuclear winter is our pathetic wet brain alcoholic pResidents answer to global warming

[autorank]

3. Wow, I had the same thought.

We need a Bush Whisperer...or the ASPCA. Strange daze.

[sam sarrha]

6. we need the Pentagon to march a detachment of MPs to march into the White House with fixed bayonets

and arrest his sorry criminAl ass and pick up cheney on the way out.. for this atrocity in iraq and the FISA violations going on even BEFORE 911..

[autorank]

34. It's so amazing that these ideas even come up. Another one is the fact

that a faction of the CIA is the major resistance to these tyrants. Amazing times.

[ladjf]

5. "The human race is too dumb to survive."

This is a quote from another DU poster.

[autorank]

16. I'm not quite there yet, but it's getting clost;) n/t

[ladjf]

27. To be more specific, It appears that the human race MIGHT

be too dumb to survive. There may well still be time to dismantle the death machine and restore the life processes to some normalcy.

[autorank]

31. Very well said!!! n/t

[jaksavage]

10. Don't forget racism

All the little people will be cleared away . Making room for the chosen ones...

[autorank]

32. Yep, big factor.

They dehumanize the victims - if they're not human, who would notice that they're gone. It's not really "killing," they can tell themselves. More on that later.

[AtomicKitten]

2. I completely agree that impeachment is the only way to stop this war

and the one on deck on Iran. Junior has exponentially increased arms proliferation since he TOOK office in 2000, and it appears now he has every intention of lighting the match.

on edit: K&R!! :)

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4. He likes proliferation, probably.

I heard some minion saying 'so what' to that challenge.

Things are completely out of control and we've got a screw ball behind the wheel.

:hi:

[bananas]

8. Undoubtedly.

What's unbelievable is how many on DU like it too:
"Does anyone doubt Iran is trying to obtain nukes?"
"Iran is developing nukes. I don't give a damn."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2278404

[autorank]

18. Collective "Cold War" Amnesia

Future quote:

"Where were the people during the Cold War? The United States and the Soviet Union were in a 30 year standoff armed to the hilt with enough nuclear weapons to destroy the earth 500 times over. There was no war, unless we all missed something. Why? The doctrine was called "mutually assured destruction." Both sides knew that starting a war mean certain defeat. The detonation of an attacker's nuclear weapons alone would be world ending. Everybody would die."

[C_U_L8R]

7. Cheney is salivating

more death and oil to feed the beast

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15. And here's that "beast"

[Junkdrawer]

9. Endgame...

As the US becomes weaker and weaker compared to China economically and in terms of conventional arms, there remains one area where we have the overwhelming advantage: Nuclear Arms.

Will we go quietly into that good night?

[autorank]

14. "Good night"

It's gone from "Say good night Gracie" to "good night, and good luck" in the afterlife.

That is an excellent point. Lead with your strength. Bush - Cheney have temporarily reduced us
to a "one trick pony." What a job they've done, 7 years flat.

[bdamomma]

11. * and Cheney are domestic enemies, and they need to be dealt

with, violently or non violently, are we going to let these thugs do this to us and one billion people???

[stirlingsliver]

12. Evil. Pure Evil.

Some here say that Bush and Cheney have some redeeming characteristics.

They do NOT.

They are both evil.

Pure fucking evil.

They are NOT deranged.

They are methodically evil.

We MUST -- simply M.U.S.T. -- remove them from office.

NOW!

No excuses. No bullshit.

Impeach them both. Now.

[autorank]

13. Agreed...

"Evil" is not a term I use but you nailed it. Time for truth!

[BeHereNow]

21. Along with the Democrats who enable them...they too, must GO!

How any one can still support democrats who ENABLE these evil men is
beyond my comprehension.
Either we CLEAN house or DIE.
What's debatable about the facts?
BHN

[Forkboy]

17. No big deal. We'll still have 5 billion left.

You big softies are getting in the way of progress, dammit! Why do you hate America?

[autorank]

20. Fork me! You're right. I withdraw my coments;) Oops too late! n/t

[lovuian]

19. Nuclear Weapons are Passe'

If anybody drops a Nuke then they poison all of us and themselves

the winds carry it all over this world

its day has passed

[autorank]

33. You're right but the use of these threats and the errant warheads

flying around the country give us reason to think that the White House has a problem with both memory and cognition.

[bobthedrummer]

22. K&R Thanks to this traitorous criminal unelected administration that could be Pakistan and India

indeed just as much as anyone else today-then there are those 11 ton fuel air explosives and all the directed energy weapons plus other things that aren't nuclear but are inventoried, like ethnic/race specific biologicals...

IMPEACH GEORGE WALKER BUSH NEXT!

[autorank]

24. bobthedrummer Thanks for your constant reminders and elaboration on IMPEACHMENT

We've got studies showing 1.0 billion dead with one of the options Bush-Cheney is considering and
to defeat this option, what do we get: a demand for 10,000 hand written letters;)

[BeHereNow]

23. Kicking and recommending!

BHN

[Blashyrkh]

25. Those numbers fit in with the plan. That's why they'll do it.

[Dukkha]

26. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

[autorank]

29. You are the one...on target! n/t

[Kurovski]

28. K&R.

Oh dear. Makes every-day problems pale by comparison, don't it?

So when ARE we going to impeach? What was with that "do-it-yourself" impeachment? I never understood that.

And as if BushCo weren't disgusting enough, the rest of Congress becomes doubly-so by their inaction.

I think I'll go to bed early tonight.

[autorank]

30. Sweet dreams

[Yukari Yakumo]

35. Impeachment won't stop him.

Impeachment won't stop him, he can still press the red button at long as he's pResident.

But would ousting Chimpy change anything? There's still Darth Cheney to deal with. And if he leaves first, Chimp would certainly appoint one of the 8 or 9 Repuke candidates as a new Veep. And they're even more hawkish.

[autorank]

36. Impeach all of them - Bush-Cheney through the cabinet

...and throw in every Supreme Court appointment. That's what should be done but no impeachment of Bush would go forward without Cheney being part of it or maybe first to go. Dennis K is right on target.