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In other words, once the possibility is recognized to exist, aboutall that one can do is worry about it." [13]"General military philosophy according to Bennett:says that our national security demands that we "keep all optionsopen" no matter how limited the need for or the utility of a givenoption may be. Similarly, arguments of cost-effectiveness ormaintaining an option because it is "cheap" should be counteredby asking, "Relative to what?" Indeed, insofar as lethal chemicaland biological weapons are concerned, all arguments forpossessing them finally come down to the basic assertion that ifthe Soviets or some other potential aggressor possesses them,then we must have them too. . . . In essence, then, the realmilitary effectiveness of lethal CBW, in terms of inflictingcasualties, will accrue to the force that initiates use against an unwarned enemy. . ." [13]Kissinger and Nixon RespondThe following month, as a calculated diplomatic measure, Dr.Henry Kissinger, Nixon's National Security Counsel director andforeign policy chief, advised the president to sign the Genevaaccord. History proved the act was a public relations ployintended to silence American BW critics, bolster sagging publicopinion regarding American military efforts, and respond tothreatened congressional funding for additional BW research.President Nixon-pressured on the one hand to respond to growingpublic criticism of America's involvement in Vietnam, and on theother by DOD militarists citing their unwillingness to "sacrificeour soldiers" should Russia deploy their biological weapons -renounced the "first use of lethal chemical weapons. . .incapacitating chemical[s], . . . and biological weapons" of anykind in support of the objectives of the Geneva Protocol of 1925.Covert wrote:"President Nixon, scoring a major international diplomaticvictory on November 25, 1969, signed an executive orderoutlawing offensive biological research in the United States. . . .Nixon said the Nation would destroy its stockpile ofbacteriological weapons and limit its research to defensivemeasures." [9]"The President articulated his BW concerns this way:" "Biological weapons have massive, unpredictable, andpotentially uncontrollable consequences. They may produceglobal epidemics and impair the health of future generations. Ihave therefore decided that:-The U.S. shall renounce the use of lethal biological agents and