Countdown in the Middle East

American troops on almost a man-to-man ratio. We refuse to invoke our strongest weapons. Under a voluntary system, with a small army of professionals, we would have no choice but to alter our strategy in the direction that has been urged upon us for years by our greatest military thinkers, starting with MacArthur in 1952. Namely, start using our advanced weapons, the tactical nuclear bombs, the debilitating chemicals, some of the appropriate gases. The conclusion is inescapably implicit in the proposals for X-Rays, Missiles and Anti-Missiles. The Pentagon last week released, via Dr. John

S.

American troops on almost a man-to-man ratio. We refuse to invoke our strongest weapons. Under a voluntary system, with a small army of professionals, we would have no choice but to alter our strategy in the direction that has been urged upon us for years by our greatest military thinkers, starting with MacArthur in 1952. Namely, start using our advanced weapons, the tactical nuclear bombs, the debilitating chemicals, some of the appropriate gases. The conclusion is inescapably implicit in the proposals for X-Rays, Missiles and Anti-Missiles. The Pentagon last week released, via Dr. John

S.