The New Face Of Nuclear War - "Tactical Nukes"

Bush will wage a nuclear war on Iran, the planning has been going on for months and even though Seymour Hersh broke the news this month, the web sites globalresearch.ca exposed this planning in January of this year. Why am I so sure of this? Well if you will remember the Axis of Evil speech Bush clearly defined what he was going to do in the future. Iraq, Iran and North Korea. One down, two to go.

This man thinks in very broad concepts, as we have heard many time, "he doesn't do nuance". That is a fatal flaw in an international leader. Because of his inability to think critically, he seeks only to accomplish objectives that are simple and black and white. Bush's "You are either with us or against us" mentality makes his world view simplistic and childlike. That's a dangerous combination for a man with the greatest arsenal of weaponry in the world.

Military planners, always eager to explore new uses of destructive technology, have laid out a careful plan for using nuclear bombs as tactical weapons. Though their planning started with the Soviet Union as the target, it is easy for them to substitute any other potential threat. One strategic thinker envisions tactical nukes as being part of an inevitable future, and discounts any opposition to their use, comparing it to the Catholic Church opposition to the crossbow.

To me, this sounds like insanity. I suspect no research has taken into account the new face of warfare, terrorism. The ability of terrorists to penetrate anywhere in the world regardless of security precautions. Take Israel for example. They have one of the tightest security plans in effect, yet regularly, suicide bombers detonate their deadly payloads within Israeli controlled territory.

Additionally, Bush's saber rattling only serves to infuriate and frighten the Iranian government, which responds in kind. This will create a self fulfilling prophesy. Bush will point to inflammatory statements by Iran in his run up to this war, statements which were actually prompted by his own threats.

Why does Bush want to use nukes? I suspect it is not only his simplistic view of the world, the "Aw heck, we'll just nuke the bastards" bravado which boils under the surface of his rhetoric.
It is also the defense industry, which has long yearned to restore America's nuclear weaponry programs which funnel huge profits into their coffers.

Think I am crazy? Well that test of "non-nuclear" weaponry that will take place in the desert this June is a simulated Bunker Buster, designed to test the efficacy of it against Iranian installations. Bush intends to do this, that is clear. What we must do now is demand that we step back from the brink. Unleashing a nuclear weapon in the middle east will spark the greatest conflict ever seen by mankind. From the Islamic viewpoint it will signal the beginning of a new crusade against then, a Holy War. Unfortunately, for America it will be surreptitiously promoted as the same thing, a Holy War against the "evil ones" Bush is so happy to talk about.

It is time to admit that we have our own "evil one" and he sits with his finger on a nuclear trigger. We must demand that congress take action and stop this mad man. We ourselves must act as well. From grassroots efforts to full scale demonstrations, we must show congress and the world that we will not sit by tacitly approving our insane president as he blindly marches us toward all out war.