Administration's Nuclear Saber Rattling on Iran Threatens Global Security

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Administration's Nuclear Saber Rattling on Iran Threatens Global Security; Statement by Dr. Kurt Gottfried

WASHINGTON, April 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by Dr. Kurt Gottfried, chairman, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Emeritus Professor of Physics, Cornell University:

"Recent reports suggest that the Bush administration is considering using nuclear weapons against Iran. The very fact that nuclear weapon use is being discussed as an option -- against a state that does not have nuclear weapons and does not represent a direct or imminent threat to the United States -- illustrates the extent to which the Bush administration has changed U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

"The Bush administration has explicitly rejected the basic precept that the sole purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons should be to deter the use of nuclear weapons. It has assigned a new, and provocative, mission to U.S. nuclear weapons: to dissuade or prevent other countries from undertaking military programs that could threaten U.S. interests in the future. A 'preventive' nuclear attack on Iran would fall into this category. It has also blurred the line between nuclear and conventional weapons by declaring that nuclear weapons can be used as part of military operations.

"This nuclear policy increases the likelihood that nuclear weapons will be used, and ultimately decreases U.S. as well as international security. Instead, the United States should commit itself to strengthen the taboo against the use of nuclear weapons that has developed over the past 60 years.

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1. Can everybody see it now?

Can the bottom 35% of the gene pool see it now? If we don't impeach the madman, we're all going to roast in new-q-lar Armageddon. Bottom 35%, are you paying attention? Do you want to die?

[im10ashus]

2. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy for these lunatics.

And the bottom 35% of the gene pool are as diabolically enthralled by an endgame as this criminal cabal in the White House. It's sick.

Here's more on Dr. Gottfried. This ain't his first dance with this administration. You gotta love him for fighting back.

The Bush administration has deliberately and systematically distorted scientific fact in the service of policy goals on the environment, health, biomedical research and nuclear weaponry at home and abroad, a group of about 60 influential scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, said in a statement issued today.

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A White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said today he had not seen the text of the scientists' accusations. "But I can assure you that this is an administration that makes decisions based on the best available science," he said.
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Dr. Kurt Gottfried, an emeritus professor of physics at Cornell University who signed the statement and spoke in the conference call, said the administration had "engaged in practices that are in conflict with the spirit of science and the scientific method." Dr. Gottfried asserted that what he called "the cavalier attitude toward science" could place at risk the basis for the nation's long-term prosperity, health and military prowess.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/18/science/18CND-RESE.html?ex=1392526800&en=3a4ea036ff21604b&ei=5007

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4. fundies

But I'm afraid that much of that bottom 35% believes that Bush is doing all of this to fulfill biblical prophecy. It will be difficult to win them over.

[ladjf]

3. This is nothing other than terrorism on a grand scale.