What Non-Proliferation Policy?

The current US Administration has pursued the use of military force at great financial expense to the country and with a great loss of American lives. The reason for such a policy, the reason for these severe financial and psychological costs the US must endure, to prevent the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (as well as biological and chemical).

However, this administration somehow fails to follow its own rhetoric.

An AP report, published on Foxnews.com (no less) reports that "The Bush administration is continuing to push for development of an earth-penetrating nuclear warhead, but has yet to obtain congressional approval" (see "Pentagon Considers Nuclear Deterrent for Terroists, AP, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,169052,00.html 9.10.2005).

What is the goal of such a program? The development of a Nuclear Warhead that can penetrate bunkers and fortifications buried deep within rock. Such a warheard does not sound like a means of deterrence against terrorism, but a potential weapon against certain terrorists. Such a weapon is only of value when it is used.

So, although the Bush Administration argues against Nuclear Proliferation and exercises its extensive war powers to promote that end, remember that they are lobbying Congress to spend tax dollars to create more and different Nuclear weapons and with a clear intent that they be used.

If the US had them already, do you trust that Bush would not have used them by now? If not, are you willing to take that risk?