NATO must prepare to launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks

This was a headline on the internet news on the 26th January 2008. Now that raises a major issue for me. Have any of these military advisors read their history and the effects of nuclear weapons as a whole? Look back at Hiroshima and Nagasaki please. Then look at the effects of a Nuclear power station leaking or malfunctioning and the fall out from that. The Chernobyl plant caused fallout damage right the way to the UK which effects lasted for years. Now think of the power in a nuclear weapon and the devastating effect the use of just one would have on the planet. Are our politicians and advisors really so dense that they can't see the destruction of human life as we know it is imminent if nuclear weapons were to be used? And why can't they learn from history and see that the more they threaten to use these weapons the more the opposition will arm against such a use and with that merely increase the chances of these weapons being used. If you're in an argument in the street and keep shouting at your opponent then it will escalate to such an extent that eventually someone will get hurt or even killed. If, however, we walk away from it or try to stay calm and relaxed with our opponent, then the situation would be diffused and a peaceful solution found. We may even leave as friends and allies. Being an ex- security officer I have been in situations like that many times and have never yet had to result to the use of physical force in any confrontation I had to deal with. So in my opinion it's better to stay cool, calm and look at things logically and rationally than jump in with both feet and cause the situation to escalate to an unmanageable proportion. I know which I prefer.
Not only that but did we not sign the NATO agreement for the purpose of preventing just such a thing happening? This extract from the agreement clearly states what our politicians choose to ignore for their own agenda.



I have to question the sanity of those who make the kind of decisions that could easily mean the total destruction of life as we know it. Why do politicians never look at the bigger picture and the consequences their actions may have on the rest of the world? Is it just me or are we so selfdestructive that we can't think beyond the immediate effect a decision might have?

NATO must prepare to launch pre-emptive nuclear attacks

The US signed that declaration when they joined NATO yet here we are in danger of being forced into a situation we absolutely do NOT want to get into. Have any of these military advisors read their history and the effects of nuclear weapons as a whole? Look back at Hiroshima and Nagasaki please. Then look at the effects of a Nuclear power station leaking or malfunctioning and the fall out from that. The Chernobyl plant caused fallout damage right the way to the UK which effects lasted for years. Now think of the power in a nuclear weapon and the devastating effect the use of just one would have on the planet. Are our politicians and advisors really so dense that they can't see the destruction of human life as we know it is imminent if nuclear weapons were to be used? And why can't they learn from history and see that the more they threaten to use these weapons the more the opposition will arm against such a use and with that merely increase the chances of these weapons being used. If you're in an argument in the street and keep shouting at your opponent then it will escalate to such an extent that eventually someone will get hurt or even killed. If, however, we walk away from it or try to stay calm and relaxed with our opponent, then the situation would be diffused and a peaceful solution found. We may even leave as friends and allies. Being an ex- security officer I have been in situations like that many times and have never yet had to result to the use of physical force in any confrontation I had to deal with. So in my opinion it's better to stay cool, calm and look at things logically and rationally than to jump in with both feet and cause the situation to escalate to an unmanageable proportion. I know which I prefer.

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