Student Alito Weighed Nuclear War Plans

[Judi Lynn]

Student Alito Weighed Nuclear War Plans
By ROSA CIRIANNI, Associated Press Writer

Friday, November 4, 2005

(11-04) 10:07 PST Princeton, N.J. (AP) --

The opinions of Samuel Alito on abortion, privacy and other contentious issues have been dissected for clues on how he might rule on the Supreme Court. But what do his views on nuclear weapons say?

During his college days at Princeton in the early 1970s, Alito wrote a 70-page report titled, "The MIRV Problem," that reflected the impressions of a student who grew up during the Cold War fearing the devastating capability of the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal.
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The Ivy League student said the United States must continue to adhere to the doctrine of mutual assured destruction, the policy set forth by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara that says full-blown use of nuclear weapons by one side would result in the total destruction of both sides.

Alito expressed the hope that the danger and instability posed by the weapons would be reduced.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/04/national/w100442S44.DTL

[Greeby]

1. So, more Old American Century than New American Century

But has he changed his tune since then? :scared:

[foflappy]

2. hard to argue MAD did nothing

to thwart war...alas now we are left with so many devices to destroy...what a waste..


Shows Alito posseses a pragmatic logic...can't see that this would be a strike against him in the USSC

hindsight is...

[Bacchus39]

3. nothing shocking there

that was Cold War policy for 50 years.

[Massacure]

4. I agree. Don't nuke us, and we won't nuke you. It's a good policy.

The scary thing is Bush wants to use nukes without getting nuked first.