A Pentagon planning document being updated to reflect the doctrine of pre-emption declared by President Bush in 2002 envisions the use of nuclear weapons to deter terrorists from using weapons of mass destruction against the United States or its allies.
This is particularly disturbing:
One scenario for a possible nuclear pre-emptive strike in the draft would be in the case of an "imminent attack from adversary biological weapons that only effects from nuclear weapons can safely destroy."
Let's hope, if it ever comes to this, that they have definitive proof that that a biological attack is imminent. Given past history, I don't hold my breath.
As a Catholic, Christian and Spiritual woman, I'm becoming less "political" in the traditional sense. More and more, I see that the 2 major political parties in the U.S. follow the philosophy of "the party, right or wrong." Frankly, I'm sick of hearing it.
I do beleive that voting and involvement is important. I just don't think that it helps to make every serious issue into a partisan shouting match. These days, letting ego get in the way of truth may be deadly.
totally agree. the Pope is (are, were) right in the anti war stance. The New Testement, which is an outgrowth of Church Tradition not the other way around....teaches that we are all one and all one with God and God is in each of us. Science now backs this up. We appear to be separate but we are all atoms and subatomic particles and are not separate. What about the unseen members of the universal CHurch...the CHurch as the visible and Gods whole creation as invisibly connected to The CHurch in some mysterious way. It's why we don't kill Jews, protestants and muslims but dialogue with them. War is wrong. We are all connected. Raising our salary btw, is taking money and resources away from others in need (the PA cow politic posting). Do I practice what I preach. No. But I hope to unite myself sacramentally and invisably with God and try to walk inthe right direction.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I understand, for years, the United States took a non-first strike stance. I think that is much more ethical. I really am uncomfortable with the idea of pre-emptive strike. Politics gets in the way of truth too much for this policy to work ethically, IMO.
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