Mr. Shaman
12-02-2007, 07:14 AM
"The Bush administration likes to boast that it has dramatically cut the size of the nation's nuclear stockpile. Meanwhile, it's busily trying to shore up congressional support for multibillion-dollar proposals to "modernize" the bristling U.S. arsenal. A world that's skeptical about the last superpower's intentions only gets more so when U.S. officials push unconvincing lines about the world's deadliest weapons. So here are a few myths about the U.S. nuclear posture of which the administration seems particularly fond (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001801.html?hpid=opinionsbox1)."