
And he went on to cite three issues that their platforms totally ignore: atomic warfare, Presidential Directive 59 notwithstanding.
A great historian, Henry Steele Commager, said that in their lust for victory, neither traditional party is looking beyond November. Martin Amis, The Palace of the End (2003), Essay in The Guardian (4 March 2003). America could perhaps claim to be satisfying the first rule (while admitting that the improvement may be only local and short term). The first rule is that the belligerent nation must be fairly sure that its actions will make things better the second rule is that the belligerent nation must be more or less certain that its actions won't make things worse. There are two rules of war that have not yet been invalidated by the new world order. Martin Amis, Einstein's Monsters (1987), Introduction: "Thinkability". The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves. Martin Amis, Einstein's Monsters (1987), "Introduction: Thinkability". The intransigence, it seems, is a function of the weapons themselves. And we can't get rid of nuclear weapons, because of nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening the use of nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons.
What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons.Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act II, scene 1.Charles Francis Adams, Despatch to Earl Russell (Sept.
It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.