NP? Bush Administration peace plan

[Doug Millison]

U.S. Works Up Plan for Using Nuclear Arms
 Military: Administration, in a secret report, calls for a strategy against
at least seven nations: China, Russia, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya and
Syria.
By PAUL RICHTER, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has directed the military to prepare
contingency plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries
and to build smaller nuclear weapons for use in certain battlefield
situations, according to a classified Pentagon report obtained by the Los
Angeles Times.

The secret report, which was provided to Congress on Jan. 8, says the
Pentagon needs to be prepared to use nuclear weapons against China, Russia,
Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria. It says the weapons could be used
in three types of situations: against targets able to withstand nonnuclear
attack; in retaliation for attack with nuclear, biological or chemical
weapons; or "in the event of surprising military developments."

[...]

"They're trying desperately to find new uses for nuclear weapons, when
their uses should be limited to deterrence," said John Isaacs, president of
the Council for a Livable World. "This is very, very dangerous talk . . .
Dr. Strangelove is clearly still alive in the Pentagon."[...]

...continues at
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-030902bombs.story

...see also, _Gravity's Rainbow_, final page...