"The US justifies the need for steps described in the [nuclear] doctrine by threats coming from a number of countries," the colonel said. The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT. It must not be forgotten that the United States was the first and only country to ever use nuclear weapons, and against a country which did not have this deadly type of weapon. Firstly, the use of nuclear weapons didn’t end a war – it started one (the Cold War). A similar document, signed in 2010, was classified. This website uses cookies.
The newly-released US nuclear doctrine poses a challenge to global peace and stability, Colonel Rafael Gonzalez Crespo, a military analyst and specialist on Eastern Europe, has told Sputnik, warning that Washington's approach to nuclear warfare may turn Europe into a large-scale military theater. You can withdraw your consent using the method specified in the Privacy Policy. © Forget the Iran nuclear deal. The Pentagon is actively contemplating the use of nuclear weapons to win wars that need not be fought in the first place. If the moderators deem it possible to restore the account / unlock access, it will be done. If one were to imagine that with its new nuclear doctrine, the United States were somehow able to achieve superiority in nuclear weapons, with no one else able to respond in kind, how would Washington behave? From Immigration to COVID-19: Biden Outlines Priorities for His First 100 Days in Office, Pompeo Says State Dept Looking at GSA Decision to Greenlight Presidential Transition, Macron vs Islamism: How France & Muslim World Can Overcome Their Spat, Team Up to Combat Radicalism. AP Photo / Charlie Riedel, ©
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The websites’ administration has the right to delete comments made in languages other than the language of the majority of the websites’ content. The views and opinions expressed by Rafael Gonzalez Crespo are those of the analyst and do not necessarily reflect those of Sputnik. According to the expert, the document's recommendations threaten to unleash a global catastrophe. In 1997 in the era of President Bill Clinton, the policy of United States was deterrence and declares that we do … Just to summarize: the US is the only nation to deploy nuclear weapons during battle.
"When a country that signed these international documents declares readiness to use nuclear weapons even in cases prohibited by these documents, other countries have no alternative but to stop adhering to these agreements.". And yet as I type this, the top news item on the BBC is an article entitled “Time running out for missile treaty – Nato head,” the focus of which is NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg calling on Russia to comply with the INF Treaty before the upcoming August deadline. What seriously disturbs the military analyst about the new American doctrine is the possibility of using atomic weapons in response to non-nuclear attacks. Americans amongst you reading this may be thinking: “Yeah, so what?” But take it from the rest of us who don’t wake up every morning swearing allegiance to a flag that to many others represents death and destruction, that winning wars tends to be less of a focus when compared to other issues such as healthcare, housing, climate change, and the list goes on.