Julia said: > Not opposed, but not entirely comfortable. And I know that the US was > prepared to use nukes to defend Europe against another entity that > also had nukes, which is different from using nukes against a country > that doesn't have them.
Of course, for much of the Cold War there were two European nations each with enough tactical and strategic nukes to defend Europe against a Soviet attack. (The US stockpile was excessive for this and any other purpose [except, of course, for powering Orion spaceships!]. It's sometimes been argued that the real nuclear arms race wasn't between the US and USSR but between the USN and USAF...) Rich GCU Minor Point _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
