[IP] Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, Nato told

[David Farber <dfarber@cs.cmu.edu>]

[Note:  This item comes from reader Jack Unger.  DLH]
From: Jack Unger <junger@ask-wi.com>
Date: January 22, 2008 8:58:05 AM PST
To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
Subject: Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, Nato told
The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to  
try to halt the "imminent" spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass  
destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new Nato by five  
of the west's most senior military officers and strategists.
Calling for root-and-branch reform of Nato and a new pact drawing the  
US, Nato and the European Union together in a "grand strategy" to  
tackle the challenges of an increasingly brutal world, the former  
armed forces chiefs from the US, Britain, Germany, France and the  
Netherlands insist that a "first strike" nuclear option remains an  
"indispensable instrument" since there is "simply no realistic  
prospect of a nuclear-free world".
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/nato/story/0,,2244782,00.html>

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