God, oh Gawd... oh gawd forbid we get to the point of nukes. On the one hand, even w/ this admin, I can't imagine them being that stupid. Then again, they may have such an overly-inflated sense of power and control, "emboldened" by their ability to push the War on Iraq, that they assume the rest of the world quakes in its boots when ever we show our guns.
I guess it goes back to the cold war thoughts, can we count on a counter-attack? More importantly, if we pre-emptively nuke a non-nuclear nation, can we expect a nuclear nation (say Russia in this instance) to step up and put us in our place.
Ughghg... just a lot of bad, conspiratorial thoughts there. Makes for an interesting end game.
mx.