Posted on 01/19/2008 4:24:22 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Russia Issues Pre-Emptive Nuclear ThreatBy Sky News SkyNews - 27 minutes ago
Russia’s military chief of staff says Moscow would use nuclear weapons in pre-emptive strike if it felt threatened.
General Yuri Baluyevsky said there were no plans “to attack anyone” but reasserted Russia’s right to defend itself.
“To defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia and its allies, military forces will be used, including preventively, including with the use of nuclear weapons,” Gen Baluyevsky said.
The remarks do not represent a change in policy for Moscow.
But they do come at a time of heightened tension between Russia and the West. LINK
With Russia and NATO both adding to the frenzy of nuclear brinkmanship that is breaking-out in governments that have traditionally remained self-assured of their own capability of nuclear deterrence are growling and making noise as if somehow, they had been threatened and were publicly acknowledging they would defend themselves if the occasion should arise…
How will these new events affect the minute hands on the Doomsday Clock? Will they move forward to reflect this obvious escalation of rhetoric, or will more talk of nuclear war simply be factored into the equation of “global terrorism?” No matter what they do, it’s obvious that nuclear tensions are rising throughout the world, and while it has been Bush constantly stating that “the nuclear option is still on the table”, it’s time for some diplomacy to overrule the constant barrage of negativity that is now manifesting itself with other global players. In short, it time for the Bush administration to start deescalating the tensions that have been building for years; we won’t accept that war is the answer to everything, and people in America are waking-up to the fact that Bush has destabilized the entire world, its economy, the Middle-East, and open hostility from some of the major powers that will be shaping the future long after Bush is relieved of his duties. It’s time for politicians and Congress to see the devastation that Bush’s policies have wrought upon the world, and now there’s definitely evidence that Bush’s incompetence is the driving factor as the Doomsday Clock edges closer to Midnight. The “DoomsDay Clock” is symbolic in nature, however, the events and tension that move its minute hands are based on real events that threaten humanity itself - and these recent revelations from Russia and NATO are direct evidence that America’s foreign policy is destabilizing the entire world.
William Cormier
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