Diatribune

According to the Guardian:

... as Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has said, the mere possession of nuclear weapons today should be viewed with the same condemnation and horror as we have regarded slavery and genocide in our modern civilized world.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2142921,00.html

This administration and leaders of both parties keep saying that the nuclear option is 'on the table'. How can it possibly be 'on the table'?! There is virtually no conceivable situation where it should be 'on the table'.

According to the Guardian:

Last year John McCain, a Republican presidential hopeful and an advocate of keeping the military option against Iran on the table, was asked what the consequence of an attack on Iran would be. His response was only one word: "Armageddon."

Armageddon is on the table?
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