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  TAKE THE TOYS AWAY FROM THE BOYS

The Nation, Letters, June 4, 2001

Washington, D. C

Bill Hartung, in "Bush's Nuclear Revival" [March 12], asserts a view widely held by the peace community that the Bush Administration's nuclear posture review, and the push for a National Missile Defense (NMD), will rekindle a nuclear arms race. If only it were that simple. In all likelihood, the Bush review has intensified the internal conflict within the military establishment between burgeoning conventional weapons spending and the enormous costs of sup