Boy, are you slippery. Then what's all the talk about preemptive use of nukes? And why are we improving them? Oh, I remember. Because we have to. Okay, Eric, this war is "their fault". What about the other 50,000? > [Original Message] > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 4/27/2006 3:32:58 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A Kingdom for a Blink > > Andyrene: Here we are, the most advanced > civilization in the history of the world, getting > ready to use nuclear weapons because we don't want > to be the first ones to blink. > > We're getting ready to use nukes? I must have > slept through that part of the discussion. > > We are however getting ready to make new improved > nukes. > > [from NTI's daily Global Security Newswire] > > U.S. Could Fund Nuclear Warhead With Funds for > Current Arsenal > By David Ruppe > > WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Defense Department could > soon suspend plans to extend the life of a U.S. > nuclear warhead in order to fund the research and > development of a new warhead and changes to the > nuclear weapons complex, officials said yesterday > (see GSN, April 26). > > http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2006_4_27.html#A5747E0B > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html