America's Evolving Nuke WMD Strategy
The above link analyzes a detail evolution.
MAD (or Mutually Assured Destruction) has been the primary doctrine of Military strategy globally for some time. There have been indications that the safety net MAD doctrine has provided for half a century is crumbling. Nuke WMD has either already fallen into unstable mindsets on lives (N. Korea) or may be falling into the hands of unstable mindsets (Iran and Islamofascist terrorist organizations). The unstable mindsets WILL use their WMD in acts of desperation or deluded agendas. The end thought of such psychotic on a global militarization is pre-emptive strike strategy. Enter America: The USA has a history of being the only nation to actually utilize WMD in military execution. With the proliferation of psycho-rogue governments and terrorists First Strike Doctrine and Pre-emptive Strike Doctrine are becoming necessary evils in American Military Strategy. Thus the world becomes more and more wary of the epithets of anger passing between Iran and America.
Fictional scenarios such as those in "The Time Traveler" are relavent stories to meditate upon.
Related monographs on this subject at SlantRight.comwebsite: "The Axis of Evil Rising Beyond Averted Eyes" and "NUCLEAR WAR-FEAR."
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