Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
Or an enemy
who has them, to use them against us, stepping up the "reasonable use"
definition?

I haven't the slightest doubt that, if able, Al Qaeda would use nukes
against the United States. That wouldn't require first-use by us.

That was the administration's reasoning when it decided to take out
Saddam, the most likely source of nukes for Al Qaeda.

Veering the topic a little, is anyone else antsy about two active
attempts on Musharaff (Paki president...not sure I spelled it right)
in two weeks' time? I really hope CIA or State has pushed US
protective support on the nuke supply in Pakistan; that seems to me to
be *the* single most likely source for a weapon to disappear from and
reappear in a most inconvenient place and time.

on topic I'm in DC, been hearing and occasionally glimpsing our CAP
F16s in the sky, as well as one gorgeous KC-135 departing Andrews. I
was amazed how quiet the CFM56 were.