[NukeNet] FW: [TP] FW: US Missiles in Europe: First strike strategy

Wed Jun 6 18:23:29 EDT 2007

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From: Boyle, Francis 
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US Missiles in Europe: Beyond Deterrence to First-Strike Threat

by Prof. Francis A. Boyle

Global Research <http://www.globalresearch.ca/> , June 6, 2007

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These European ABMs are an adjunct to the longstanding US policy of
nuclear first strike against Russia, as explained in my book "The
Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence" 

By means of a US first strike about 99%+ of Russian nuclear forces would
be taken out. So Bush Jr. needs ABMs to take care of what remains. And
in any event what really matters here is the perception. Namely, the
United States Government believes that with the deployment of a facially
successful first strike capability, they can move beyond deterrence and
into "compellence."

In other words, with an apparent first strike capability, the USG can
compel Russia to do its bidding during a crisis. The classic case in
point here was the Cuban Missile Crisis where the Soviet Union knew the
USG could strike first and get away with it. Hence they capitulated.

This has been analyzed ad nauseam in the professional literature. But
especially by one of Harvard's premier warmongers in chief, Thomas
Schelling --winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics granted by the Bank
of Sweden-- who developed the term "compellence" and distinguished it
from "deterrence."

The USG is breaking out of a "deterrence" posture and moving into a
"compellence" posture. Easier to rule the world that way. Henceforth the
USG will be able to compel even nuclear-armed adversaries to do its
bidding in a crisis or otherwise.

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Francis A. Boyle
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