Discuss “Students split on nuclear usage”

In last week?s survey, Carnegie Mellon students were asked what circumstances justify the United States? use of nuclear force. Results show students are split down the middle: roughly half think there are appropriate uses of nuclear force, and half do not. Of the students who supported nuclear weapon use, 80 percent thought a U.S. nuclear retaliation against another nation would be an appropriate response if that other nation had already used nuclear weapons against the U.S. or one of its allies. Forty percent thought a U.S. nuclear retaliation against a biological or chemical attack was warranted, and only a handful of students were in favor of a nuclear response to eliminate a rogue state?s WMD program or retaliate against a terrorist nuclear...