US Col. Richard Black: The Danger of Nuclear War After the U.S. Midterm Elections

Excerpt from the November 22 Schiller Institute conference, “Stop the Danger of Nuclear War Now“ The U.S. and NATO are on a nuclear razor’s edge. Article 5 of the diabolical NATO charter says that an attack on one member is an attack on all 30 nations of NATO. World War III, and perhaps thermonuclear war, rest on a hair trigger. NATO comprises 950 million people with a defense budget 20 times Russia’s. A single miscalculation can send a billion people into war and precipitate a global nuclear bloodbath. On November 17th, the Washington Post carried this ominous headline: How an anonymous source raised false alarm of Russian strike on Poland The article led off by saying, “The Associated Press sent a terrifying news alert around the world on Tuesday.” At 2:00 pm the AP wrote, “A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.” The