Hersh: The Iran Plans | 24 comments (24 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Maybe you are right about 1 Kt being useless. But it still is one hell of a blast.

The idea that they could get away with nuclear weapons as long as they are tactical is delusional.

The big weapon=strategic/small weapon=tactical is flawed anyway.

Any nuclear strike on Iran, no matter how small, will by definition be a strategic attack.

While a 300 Kt strike on the advancing red hordes in the Fulda gap (thank god those days are gone) might very well be tactical as long as it is not a first-use attack.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Sun Apr 9th, 2006 at 01:08:45 PM EST
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Well, sure. But it's about PR and spin as well as body count.

Legally the doctrine of pre-emption is already insane.

And from where I am all war is delusional. The fact that we're even discussing this reminds me - again - that we're all living on Planet Crazy.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Apr 9th, 2006 at 01:28:02 PM EST
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I thought a "tactical" nuclear weapon was one that went off in Germany?

Sorry, bad cold war joke.

Seriously, I can't see the citizens of major nations whose governments support the "war on terror" stomaching cooperation with a state which actively uses nuclear weapons, even "small" ones. Those governments would be under intense pressure to withdraw support and leave the Americans to fight their battle alone.

Idiot/Savant

by IdiotSavant on Sun Apr 9th, 2006 at 08:28:44 PM EST
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Hersh: The Iran Plans | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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