It's been a big week for President Obama, especially with news of revised nuclear retaliation rules and a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia that the Russians can opt out of:
After a long and exhausting negotiating process, it seemed that no one wanted to suggest that the treaty was, at best, meaningless and, at worst, an impediment to American strategic planning. But for anyone attuned to nuances, this implication was hard to miss.
In the first place, the START ceiling of 700 deployed launchers is hardly onerous for Russia. The aging of its Cold War nuclear arsenal means that Russia presently is under the ceiling even without a treaty. Ironically, the treaty leaves open the possibility that the number of Russian launchers can actually increase.
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Medvedev had to make some gesture to the Americans over a real issue — stopping the nuclear progress of Iran. But he did so in a way that signals that cooperation is not in the offing. Medvedev appeared to endorse sanctions against Iran last fall only to have his statements contradicted by his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. On this occasion, he did not go nearly as far. “Regrettably,” Medvedev said, Iran is not responding to “many constructive proposals.” Russia “cannot turn a blind eye toward this.” Further action at the U.N. cannot be “ruled out.” In other words, the seven-year-old Russian policy of non-cooperation over Iran is unchanged.
Source: National Review
Geez. Seems like an epic failure. But you can be sure Obama doesn't see it that way...
Remember when The New York Times uncovered President Obama's radical college newspaper article? The article - titled "Breaking the War Mentality" - expressed support for the radical nuclear freeze movement while hinting that the no-nuke movement didn't go far enough in its efforts to free America from its "military-industrial interests."
Yeah... well... It seems idiotic ideology dies hard:
President Obama's decision to reverse 65 years of U.S. nuclear weapons policy and drop most of the nation's deterrence capacity has alarmed critics who say they fear that the United States will now be more vulnerable to attack from would-be nuclear nations.
By changing the policy, the Obama administration hopes the United States can focus on stopping the spread of atomic weapons to terror groups such as Al Qaeda as well as halt North Korea's nuclear buildup and Iran's nuclear ambitions, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday in announcing the new Nuclear Posture Review.
But skeptics say the policy change will only embolden those groups and tie the U.S.' hands.
"I'm deeply concerned by some of the decisions made in the Nuclear Posture Review and the message this administration is sending to Iran, North Korea, and non-state actors who may seek to harm the United States or our allies," Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, said in a written statement. "By unilaterally taking a nuclear response off the table, we are decreasing our options without getting anything in return and diminishing our ability to defend our nation from attack."
Source: FoxNews
