Re: Was a Covert Attempt to Bomb Iran with Nuclear Weapons foiled by a Military Leak?
Rajiv -
I understand your outrage, and that of these exemplary Air Force officers. I too would be horrified were the US to use a nuke for any reason other than in retaliation after being hit with one by a directly attributable nation state entity.
But one cannot indulge mere moral outrage without addressing the rationality of such a movement from one base to another as a quite public preamble for actual international deployment of these bombs - i.e. their "use".. You merely reiterate that it was allowed to occur and that this is very bad. The clumsiness, and highly public method of transport via regular air force personnel, suggests your conclusion about the intent to actually deploy these nukes is open to question, at very least.
This is a far more significant thing to ascertain than the mere fact of their movement from one base to another, would you not agree?
Rajiv -
I understand your outrage, and that of these exemplary Air Force officers. I too would be horrified were the US to use a nuke for any reason other than in retaliation after being hit with one by a directly attributable nation state entity.
But one cannot indulge mere moral outrage without addressing the rationality of such a movement from one base to another as a quite public preamble for actual international deployment of these bombs - i.e. their "use".. You merely reiterate that it was allowed to occur and that this is very bad. The clumsiness, and highly public method of transport via regular air force personnel, suggests your conclusion about the intent to actually deploy these nukes is open to question, at very least.
This is a far more significant thing to ascertain than the mere fact of their movement from one base to another, would you not agree?
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