Taking Nuclear War Seriously
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This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Newt Gingrich
Real Clear Wire
It is vital that Americans take nuclear war seriously.
For the last three and a half decades, since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Americans have relaxed and behaved as though they were essentially safe from nuclear events.
When President Bill Clinton and I created the Hart-Rudman Commission in 1998, we hoped to create a deep rethinking of American security strategies. The Commission was brilliantly led by Gen. Charles Boyd and produced a remarkable report.
We warned that the greatest threat to the United States was a nuclear attack in an American city – likely by a terrorist group.
