Got Nukes?

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Correctly me if I'm wrong, but doesn't our first strike policy state that we cannot use nuclear weapons unless we have been attacked first with nuclear weapons? According to the Bush administration, we can use them if biological or chemical weapons are used against us. Any weapon of mass destruction can call down our nuclear arsenal. WTF???

U.S. warns potential enemies: Retaliation could include nukes

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration is issuing a reminder of its policy that warns any nation using weapons of mass destruction against the United States or its allies that it will face massive retaliation, perhaps with nuclear weapons.

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A few days ago I read an article in the Denver Post where World War II was accidentally typo-ed as WWIII. I'm wondering if it wasn't just a Fruedian slip =P