September 13, 2005

Pentagon Revises Nuclear strike Plan The Big One is coming closer to reality. We may all soon require Monkey litterboxes a la MoneyJane's post below.

From the article, "The Pentagon has drafted a revised doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons that envisions commanders requesting presidential approval to use them to preempt an attack by a nation or a terrorist group using weapons of mass destruction." So, if this were in place a few years ago, would Sadam be nothing more that a few radioactive bits and pieces glowing in the night? After all, the U.S.A. government had proof he was stockpiling WMD's, right? Sweet Baby Jeebus, but this truly frightens me.

posted by WPDK 19 years ago
  • The mood I'm in today - bring em on. Come armageddon, come, quoth I. Go on shrub, press that button. Like I'm arsed. Harrumph. *Goes off in search of puppy to kick*
  • A link to the Pentagon’s site holding the Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations.
  • *rescues puppy, offers kitfisto a soothing tentacle massage*
  • No shit. That's really and truly the last straw. Hot MonkeyFuck on a Waffle. Use that representative, folks. This is your last chance.
  • Using nuclear weapons to destroy nuclear and chemical weapons - for fucks sake! *punches self in face out of sheer frustration*
  • Well, they wouldn't use them unless they were sure that there really were WMDs, right? (I don't think I've ever written a funnier sentence).
  • Good Lord, whats going to be left for the next generation to inherit?
  • No fucking polar bears, that's what. What a bunch of twats we are.
  • Wait, kit -- with a nuclear winter, wouldn't polar bears be ok? For a while, at least? Pandas, on the other hand...
  • >Use that representative, folks. This is your last chance. Yeah, I'll write a letter to Rick Fucking Santorum and let him know that before we nuke Iran, I'd like him to DOUBLE-check reeeally, really carefully to make SURE that Jesus says it's okay. I'm starting to feel afraid that we're several chances past that last chance. Fingers crossed for being wrong.
  • Christ- if they're not complaining about nuclear winter, they're complaining about global warming. There's just no PLEASING you people, is there? Liberals.
  • But seriously, though, it's not that surprising. The last stage of any empire before its disintengration is an overreliance on its military capability -- as all of that empire's political and economic influence over its friends and neighbours has already been lost, and the only means of influence left is the ol' strong-arm. So, in a way, this ultimate threat may be a signal of the real decline of this empire, right? Another recent signal being the Katrina disaster, which clearly showed that some fundamental problems inherent to that empire have not gone away as claimed, and perhaps more significantly, that government has not been operating in the public interest for decades now. On a simpler level, Chimpy has never given quarter in anything, so why should we expect his administration to exercise restraint now? His presidency has demonstrated nothing BUT a complete disregard for the international community and international law -- how is this 'shoot first, ask questions later' approach anything new? *punches kit in face out of sheer frustration*
  • *pulls capt. through the screen, punches his chops repeatedly, just friendly like, to emphasise levels of frustration and self-loathing*
  • If we are lucky, the polar bears will continue with their preemptive strikes!
  • As long as it's just friendly, then. *kicks kit in junk*
  • *readies folding chair, watches monitor*
  • Polar bears rock. *bitch slaps the capt, out of respect, of course*
  • *stands up, realizes he's in Liverpool* Shit, I'm supposed to meet clients in fifteen minutes!
  • *hunts through kit's fridge, looking for steak to put on eye, if that even works*
  • *kisses kitfisto full on the mouth, offers to "launch the ICBM"*
  • *politely declines / offers all a beetroot butty (with crusts cut off and cut 'the party way'*
  • beetroot butty!!!! *jumps up with glee*
  • This is just insane... every single day I wake up and hear about some brand new administration asshattery. Given our efforts to dismantle third-world stockpiles, the hypocrisy of this is beyond reason.
  • oh roly, look on the bright side here! we are all about to be treated to some hot man-on-man action courtesy of kit & mct!! woohoo....
  • Sadly, I was spurned like a rabid dog. I suppose kit's not attracted to me anymore, what with these new lovehandles.
  • With that kick to the junk, kit's not doing anything for a while, mct.
  • Allright, will you USAians just tell those fuckers to quit spewing crap all over? Please? And what's with women getting the hots over man-on-man action? That's just... gross. Girl-on-girl, on the other hand... Mmmmmmhhhh yeah :)
  • timeless quatrain there are no safe places there can be no guarnatees of anything but doom and gloom in days as fraught as these /nitwit
  • =guarantees
  • And there for just a few minutes I was convinced my worrying about nuclear war was just a silly by-product of my 80's childhood. Back to digging the bunker, I guess...
  • The US is going down, and quite happy to take the planet with it. Bush is a fucking madman. I had been wondering during Katrina if it was possible he was a psychopath - now I'm convinced. We are in a very bad way. Isn't it funny that the fundamentalists finally have their end times? There will be a lake of fire, under a mushroom cloud.
  • Hey, if that megalomaniac can't jump up and down and control the weather, he'll damn well show God who's boss with a nuke.