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From Jean Bricmont: </p>
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my reaction to the new nuclear posture of the US:</p>
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My impression is that this is still a militaristic boondoggle. I still cannot believe that, crazy as they are,<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"> the US generals would launch a preemptive strike against a nuclear
power. Remember that, for that to work, one has to knock off all the adversaries nuclear weapons. Could it work against North Korea? Maybe, but I doubt it.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: inherit;" class="">Launching a nuclear attack against a non nuclear power like Iran might work, but would provoke a world wide negative reaction against the US and I doubt that they will take that risk.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: inherit;" class="">Finally, what about a conventional attack against a nuclear or non nuclear power? For a nuclear one, the danger of nuclear escalation, which is almost certain to occur, is too great. For a non nuclear
power, which one? Given the results in Iraq, Syria and Libya, I don’t see how that can work either. The conventional forces of Iran are far too strong.</p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><b class="">My objections to their policies are two fold: it is huge waste of money, both for the US and for its potential targets (Russia, China etc.) where there will be also a military using this
to boost its own spending; and, more importantly, it increases the risk of a nuclear war by accident. As we saw during the other Cold War, this is a real possibility.</b></p>
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