As she aptly points out,
It's really stretching the imagination try to understand how a new doctrine of pre-emptive nuclear strikes can possibly be part of the War on Terror™. The concept of nuclear deterrence can't apply if your perceived enemy doesn't have nuclear weapons. "We think they might be making them," is not the same as a nation having them, and being overtly hostile toward another nation, as was the case in the Cold War. There are no clear targets; we're talking ideologies and small groups of people. And, let's quit waxing theoretical: the use of a nuclear weapon period is a horrific proposal.
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