This week, President Obama signed the biggest nuclear arms reduction pact in a generation and released his Nuclear Posture Review. The response from the right was as bellicose as it was predictable. Among the most vocal critics were Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani. Can Palin also see Russia's missiles from her porch? Giuliani derided the idea of a nuclear-free world as "a 60-year dream of the left." The problem for him and all the other kneejerk critics is that this is a dream shared by that unrepentant lefty, Ronald Reagan, who wrote in his memoirs: "I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind." Reducing -- and ultimately eliminating -- nuclear weapons is not a right versus left issue. It is a sanity versus insanity issue.
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Just to have a wide view of what is happening in the world. From the Italian national newspaper l'Unità (http://nemici.blog.unita.it//Italian_mistery_1170.shtml):
To the foreigners that, faced with Prime Minister Berlusconi's conduct, ask us: "How can a civilized country stand it?" Here is the answer: a Special Force of the National Gendarmerie of Italy, policing both the military and civilian populations, named 'Raggruppamento operativo speciale dell'Arma dei Carabinieri', is the main agency in the war against terrorism and organized crime in Italy. The general in charge is Giampaolo Ganzer. Yesterday, the Milan prosecutor asked the court to convict him to a 27-year sentence for criminal association and other crimes related to weapons and drugs trafficking.
The general said that he will keep doing his job in a serene way. Nobody dared to ask him which job.
Enter the prospect of Sarah Palin with the launch codes. As a Pentecostal Christian and biblical literalist the view of the world is a little different. They see that the world will come to a fiery end and they do not dread it, fact is they see it as front row seats with a backstage pass to meet and see the king of kings and I don’t mean Elvis (I do not doubt many believe he will be in the building on that day).
Before this Tea Party thing gets too out of hand I wish some responsible journalist or even Bill O’ Reilly would ask Sarah one question: “If God opens the door to the presidency to you and then reveals to you that his purpose in doing so was to bring about judgment day as test of your faith, will you be up to the task?â€
I need to know, I would like a head start on food hording and digging my fallout shelter.
2. While many of you are slobbering over the arms reduction treaty by the great Obama (a reduction from 2200 to 1500), don't forget to blame Bush for getting the Russians to reduce the number from 6000 to 2200.
God knows conservative leaders and talk show hosts make ME break out in a sweat from screaming, but at least they're not silly. Dangerous, menacing, hatefilled, insane, but not silly.
Bring up nuclear arms irradication to a liberal, and watch their eyes reach towards Heaven, a vacuous, silly smile breaks out on their usually vacant faces, and listen to them sigh, watch them stand up straight, and then assume a posture of moral superiority. It's enough to make a cat laugh.
There isn't going to BE an elimination of nuclear arms, not ever...until somebody thinks of something even more horrendous. Let's hope to God it's us.
The thing is with nukes - it is a genuinely better thing to not have those things on the planet at all.
As long as countries use nuclear fuel for electricity, there's going to be "plausible deniability".
There's a way to profitably produce clean electricity, with existing technology, for one tenth the price we pay today. The system can be built in ten years, to supply half the power needs of the U.S., and break even in 15 years. It's called the Lunar Solar Power System.
Don't take my word for it, though. Check it out at http://lunarsolarpowersystem.blogspot.com/
Nuclear power would be too expensive to be viable. All future major nuclear enrichment programs would be weapons-only.
I wish Democrats had a pair, a spine, or just had the guts to stand up for what they believe in, regardless of the outcome. Democrats seem to be totally unwilling to fight! This is some group to have your back. I'd hate to be one of the last two guys left in the fox hole and the other guy is a Democrat.
Democrats, stop retreating and running away in fear; that dark scary thing you see is just your shadow.
A few excerpts:
"'The message to Iran and North Korea is if they play by the rules, then they will be covered by the new recommendations', Gates said. 'But if you're not going to play by the rules, if you're going to be a proliferator, then all options are on the table in terms of how we deal with you.'â€
"The review has the full support of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm.) Mullen said."
" The United States will continue to field its triad of nuclear-capable missiles, aircraft and submarines."
Doesn't quite sound like a surrender to me. But from my California home, I can't see Russia across the ocean. Disadvantage mine. Oh, well, ignore me too. But again, listen to the Pentagon brass.
It's because of our founding fathers of this great nation that we have freedom of religion and of speech, to try to blame the righteous people of this nation is very sinful and for the wicked to do their sinful things of this world and blame the righteous for the gospel of Jesus Christ is very wrong.
The wages of sin is death!
"My God will meet all your NEEDS according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus". Phil 4:19.
Our needs not wants of the flesh.
Putin developed his TOPOL missiles, which can take evasive4 action against an ABM, during the Bush administration!
What happened to "trust, but verify?"
Clifford Spencer
The draft should be reinstutited. I think that when boys and girls from each congress members
districts face being placed in harms way will make these politicians think twice before committing our troops in a war over the ideals of a democratic society, when the profits of war is the real issue.
Does anyone here have a link that provides the demographics of our volunteer army?
Thanks in advance,
David
Giuliani's just mad because of such a tough math problem ... how to squeeze 9/11 into a 60-year dream.