NYT: Obama on the Use of Nuclear Weapons

[babylonsister]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/obama-says-use-of-nuclear-weapons-off-the-table/

August 2, 2007, 2:02 pm
Obama on the Use of Nuclear Weapons

By The New York Times


In an interview with the Associated Press today, Barack Obama said he would not use nuclear weapons “in any circumstance” to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance,” Mr. Obama said, with a pause, “involving civilians.” Then he quickly added, “Let me scratch that. There’s been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That’s not on the table.”

During a speech in Washington yesterday, Mr. Obama said he would order strikes on Al Qaeda targets and withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid if the Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, did not blunt a resurging Taliban presence in the country’s tribal areas. This, he said, is the “right battlefield” to make the United States safer.

But when asked by The Associated Press after a Capitol Hill breakfast with constituents whether there was any circumstance where he would be prepared or willing to use nuclear weapons to defeat terrorism and Osama bin Laden, Mr. Obama replied that “There’s been no discussion of using nuclear weapons and that’s not a hypothetical that I’m going to discuss.”

When asked whether his answer also applied to the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons, he said it did.

[killbotfactory]

1. That's a relief

Let me guess, he will now be attacked for not being willing to nuke aghanistan an pakistan?

[Mythsaje]

2. Good for him...

That's the right thing to say to that question.

"Not only no, but FUCK no."