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The fate of the Earth, the Bush years
Jonathan Schell: "Everybody who has ever marched against nuclear weapons should dust off their boots and get back in the fray."
By Tom Engelhardt [2007-12-05]

  • Good Article, a few points missed

    Regarding the vast over production of nuclear arms in the 60s and 70s, Schell fails to mention the economics of nuclear arms. Producing them, and their related facilities, were highly profitable to certain sectors of the US economy.

    Also, the most likely Iranian response to a US attack on their nuclear facilities would be to destabilize Iraq by covert means. An attack on Iraq by conventional forces would be easily repelled by the US military even if the Iranians had a 10:1 superiority in manpower. Remember they could barely contain Saddam's army.

    --Anonymous
    Wednesday, December 5, 2007 07:09 AM
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