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To: JohnM who wrote (45871)	9/21/2002 1:17:24 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (1) of 281500

>>My concern is the great turn in American foreign policy<< Liked your " He hasn't checked in with me lately." Too funny. Yep! This certainly is a shift of cosmic proportions,eh?So much so that the First Strike at Pearl Harbour could now be called justified when using the same doctrine. The last time this was considered " JFK's First Strike Plan," .......... >>>forty years ago serious tensions over Berlin and Germany and the danger of world war clouded Moscow-Washington relations. Fred Kaplan's article in the October 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, "JFK's First Strike Plan," shows that key White House officials and the President himself briefly considered proposals for a limited nuclear first strike against Soviet military targets in the event that the Berlin crisis turned violent.<<<< gwu.edu Now there might be a " list " of first strike targets considered when this policy was being drafted. Iran reactor may test first-strike doctrine >>Whatever path the administration chooses could be overshadowed by a key U.S. ally in the region: Israel. Although a preemptive strike appears to be supported by only a minority in the Bush administration and has not been discussed at the top levels of government, Israel has suggested it will not allow the plant to open.<< iht.com Things may " heat up " if this new policy carries. Peace - KC

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