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**Viyzarei** · 12-04-2010, 01:30 PM

Wait. Using nuclear weapons first ?

Surely there is a threat. In case of an attack by non-NPT countries, or by NPT countries using nuclear weapons, the retaliation is nuclear. In other cases, it's conventional response.
That's for answering an attack, and the exceptions of North Korea and Iran fall into those cases. There is nothing said about what the US would do if they attacked first.
In such case, it is more probable that they would go the same as Irak, going conventional and with ground forces. That is, if americans resort to attacking.

There is a threat, no doubt. Even if the threat is only an interpretation of decisions taken. The same way americans feel threatened by their interpretation of Iran's decisions.
It is another pressure from the US to make Iran comply, and it is another pressure from Iran to lower the support to US.
I guess it wasn't wise, on the international politic, to underline those two exceptions. Now americans on this forum can explain better than me why for them those exceptions were not only necessary but obvious, and what critics would have been raised in America if they were omitted.

Wether americans believe it or not anymore, Obama has to follow their will. Sometimes ?

12-04-2010, 01:30 PM	#3
Viyzarei Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 404 Senior Member	Wait. Using nuclear weapons first ? Surely there is a threat. In case of an attack by non-NPT countries, or by NPT countries using nuclear weapons, the retaliation is nuclear. In other cases, it's conventional response. That's for answering an attack, and the exceptions of North Korea and Iran fall into those cases. There is nothing said about what the US would do if they attacked first. In such case, it is more probable that they would go the same as Irak, going conventional and with ground forces. That is, if americans resort to attacking. There is a threat, no doubt. Even if the threat is only an interpretation of decisions taken. The same way americans feel threatened by their interpretation of Iran's decisions. It is another pressure from the US to make Iran comply, and it is another pressure from Iran to lower the support to US. I guess it wasn't wise, on the international politic, to underline those two exceptions. Now americans on this forum can explain better than me why for them those exceptions were not only necessary but obvious, and what critics would have been raised in America if they were omitted. Wether americans believe it or not anymore, Obama has to follow their will. Sometimes ?
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