All Bets Are ON

[Eugene Leitl]

On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, John Hall wrote:

>
> 1) It depends on the target.  If we need to take out the target and this is
> the only way, it is what we will use.  The fact that "the rest of the world
> will hate us" isn't news, they already do.

A rather strange statement. You have no idea what it would mean if the
rest of the world was your enemy. Currently, they're not. Nukes are cheap
and easy to make. You don't want more of them in the world.

> 2) It also depends on who it is used upon and for what reason.  In the case
> of a serious biological attack, the nukes won't necessarily be tactical.

A serious biological stealth attack by a fringe group doesn't look like a
bunch of radar blips.

> 3) They will do the van in Manhattan when they can.  Using or not using
> nukes before then won't make a difference.

Why are you so intent on making major cities uninhabitable?