2008-01-22 Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, Nato told

2008-01-22 \war on terror\nuclear first strike http://www.guardian.co.uk/nato/story/0,,2244782,00.html Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, Nato told &ldquo;The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the "imminent" spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new Nato by five of the west's most senior military officers and strategists.&rdquo; In the words of Randy Newman, "Let's drop the big one, and see what happens"? Authors of the paper:   
 * General John Shalikashvili, the former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff and Nato's ex-supreme commander in Europe
 * General Klaus Naumann, Germany's former top soldier and ex-chairman of Nato's military committee, General Henk van den Breemen, a former Dutch chief of staff
 * Admiral Jacques Lanxade, a former French chief of staff
 * Lord Inge, field marshal and ex-chief of the general staff and the defence staff in the UK