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McNamara: Bush's nuclear policy... BAD!
by Acidus at 6:27 pm EDT, May 11, 2005 |
] The destructive power of nuclear weapons is well known,
] but given the United States%u2019 continued reliance on
] them, it%u2019s worth remembering the danger they
] present. A 2000 report by the International Physicians
] for the Prevention of Nuclear War describes the likely
] effects of a single 1 megaton weapon%u2014dozens of which
] are contained in the Russian and U.S. inventories. At
] ground zero, the explosion creates a crater 300 feet deep
] and 1,200 feet in diameter. Within one second, the
] atmosphere itself ignites into a fireball more than a
] half-mile in diameter. The surface of the fireball
] radiates nearly three times the light and heat of a
] comparable area of the surface of the sun, extinguishing
] in seconds all life below and radiating outward at the
] speed of light, causing instantaneous severe burns to
] people within one to three miles. A blast wave of
] compressed air reaches a distance of three miles in about
] 12 seconds, flattening factories and commercial
] buildings. Debris carried by winds of 250 mph inflicts
] lethal injuries throughout the area. At least 50 percent
] of people in the area die immediately, prior to any
] injuries from radiation or the developing firestorm. A extremely criticqal analysis of current US Nuclear weapon's policy, especially critical of Bush's plan to *increase* our theatre and tactical nuclear weapons. And before you go a dismiss this as some liberal bed wetting NYT article, it was written by SecDef during the Cubian Mission Crisis, Robert S McNamara. |
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RE: McNamara: Bush's nuclear policy... BAD!
by Rattle at 9:50 pm EDT, May 12, 2005 |
Acidus wrote:
] A extremely criticqal analysis of current US Nuclear weapon's
] policy, especially critical of Bush's plan to *increase* our
] theatre and tactical nuclear weapons. McNamara has been very critical of Bush Administration policy, but not in a direct way. He has made statements to the effect of "what I say is weighed heavily in many circles, so I have to be very careful about what I say and how I say it". If you have not seen Fog of War, I highly suggest it. ] And before you go a dismiss this as some liberal bed wetting
] NYT article, it was written by SecDef during the Cubian
] Mission Crisis, Robert S McNamara. ... and the Vietnam war. He was also in the Pacific stratigic command during WWII. |
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Foreign Policy: Apocalypse Soon (Robert S. McNamara)
by Rattle at 9:09 pm EDT, May 10, 2005 |
Robert McNamara is worried. He knows how close weve come. His counsel helped the Kennedy administration avert nuclear catastrophe during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Today, he believes the United States must no longer rely on nuclear weapons as a foreign-policy tool. To do so is immoral, illegal, and dreadfully dangerous. |
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