> If you have the time, read two statements by General Lee 

> Butler that are on 

> the web. Gen. Butler was at one time Commander of the 

> Strategic Air Command, 

> and then later Commander of the US Air Force. In both 

> instances, he was 

> responsible for the use and release of all US strategic 

> nuclear weapons. The 



Hmph. As one who has "owned" both tactical and strategic nuclear weapons

(not personally owned, of course--at least not that I'll admit--but in

the sense of being in charge of the storage, launch equipment, release

mechanisms, etc.) I can assure you that at no time was Gen. Butler--or

any other zoomie--responsible for the use and release of "all" US

strategic nuclear weapons.