BlowBack^TM future post date: July 9th, 2007

Today's nuclear strike on a suspected Iranian chemical weapons factory was the fourth such attack in the past two weeks. The attack was leveled at an alleged chemical production site in Esfahan. In addition to the destruction of the site, civilian casualties are estimated to be between 50,000 to 300,000 with fallout continuing to affect the city of over one million residents.

The attacks have taken place under a revised Pentagon nuclear policy approved in 2005, authorizing the Defense Department to take pre-emptive nuclear action against nations suspected of using weapons of mass destruction.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld commented on the attack by lauding its effectiveness, while explaining the civilian deaths as "unfortunate." Responding to a question as to why the nuclear option has been used, Rumsfeld continued, "When it comes to things like this, there are some things we don't know, and some things we know we don't know. What we don't know, we don't know. In this case, we don't know what we know. Next question."