Public Forum: Just Say No (CON)

The “No First Use” declaration sounds like a nice thing to wish for, like a policy that says every week should have five sunny days.  But there are good practical reasons why it’s a bad policy and why all Presidential administrations since Eisenhower have rejected it. It reduces the deterrent threat needed to rein in bad guys on the world stage.  It weakens confidence our allies have in us, reducing international strategic stability.  And it increases the risk of nuclear proliferation.