you are gravely mistaken. Its the United States that doesn't have the balls to use nuclear weapons.

the use of nuclear weapons does not require balls but sheer imbecility. or to put it in the words of... i don't know who... "gonads are useful for their intended purpose, but they are no substitute for brains"

their main purpose of nukes is that of deterrence-- "you fuck me up i'll fuck you up worse". at least after nagasaki...

but of course, the u.s. is now researching small "tactical nukes" that it can use convenientely as a "bunker buster" and what not. great fucking plan, as usual focused only on immediate gains...

WOPR/Joshua: Greetings, Professor Faulkin.

Professor Faulkin: (typing) Hello, Joshua.

WOPR: A strange game. It seems the only winning move is not to play.

(silence all around)

WOPR: How about a nice game of chess?

^^ he got it

bah. i dont see much news in japan, i didnt know about this till my friend told me last night. it was only a few months ago they were shooting misiles out towards japan. funfunfun.
im thinking of going to hiroshima next week. nothing to do with nuclear stuff though. just for a visit.

the US has developed many small nukes in the past - nuclear grenades, nuclear landmines, etc. Many of these were stashed in eastern Europe during the cold war and subsequently lost or forgotten about. I don't know if they could still function after all this time. Nukes were considered in the 50's for use in massive conrtsuction projects, i.e, the loon in Vermont who wanted to nuke some of the mountains there for a better ski slope.

The US is currently fighting a nuclear war in Iraq - and these are dirty nukes - with the use of depleted uranium. The question is what will hurt the troops in the long term more, the DU or the aluminum in the vaccines they were forced to take.

Welcome back, tesla69!

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist when any political threads started popping up...

This board is starting to feel like the old one again...

TESLA!

I love to see old boardies who do nothing but fight come back.

I don't fight. I post information and watch people flip out. Its funny. Other than Moshe and I think ScottV, I used to post more SY related info than anyone else.

PLane just crashed into a building in NYC about 20 blocks from my office here...

I love you, though.