Posted on 10/02/2007 2:47:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Senator Barack Obama will propose on Tuesday setting a goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in the world, saying the United States should greatly reduce its stockpiles to lower the threat of nuclear terrorism, aides say.
In a speech at DePaul University in Chicago, Mr. Obama will add his voice to a plan endorsed earlier this year by a bipartisan group of former government officials from the cold war era who say the United States must begin building a global consensus to reverse a reliance on nuclear weapons that have become “increasingly hazardous and decreasingly effective.”
Mr. Obama, according to details provided by his campaign Monday, also will call for pursuing vigorous diplomatic efforts aimed at a global ban on the development, production and deployment of intermediate-range missiles.
“In 2009, we will have a window of opportunity to renew our global leadership and bring our nation together,” Mr. Obama is planning to say, according to an excerpt of remarks provided by his aides. “If we don’t seize that moment, we may not get another.”
His speech was to come one day after an announcement by the Bush administration that it had tripled the rate of dismantling nuclear weapons over the last year, putting the United States on track to reducing its stockpile of weapons by half by 2012.
The exact number of weapons being dismantled, like the overall stockpile, is secret, but officials said Monday that with the planned reductions, the total number of American nuclear weapons would be at the lowest levels since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
Under a 2002 treaty, the United States and Russia agreed to limit the number of operational nuclear weapons in their arsenals to between 1,700 and 2,200 by 2012, though that agreement did not address weapons in reserve stockpiles.
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What an idiot.
(rolls eyes)
The guy is crazy.
Looks like the NYT's finally gave the political ax to him.
Oh boy, no one ever thought of that before. Better yet lets all give to the UN so no one country can hold any other Nuclear hostage. / sarcasm
And I’m calling for and elimination of all mosquitos.
Laughable magic negro
Almost as thrilled as when Hillary announced her healthcare scam.
I think the lib media are finally admitting Hillary! is their nominee and are going to start kneecapping Obama and Silkypony to get this ugly business over with.
We're laughing now, but I hope we get our nominee almost as painfully (and through votes, not media declarations). A unified dem party is one more point in their favor (and they've already got history and fundraising on their side).
What a utopiast!!!
In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny “What a Maroon”.
If you all clap real hard, Tinkerbell will live!
If you all clap real hard, Tinkerbell will live!
I urge the elimination from the campaign of candidates without brain cells. Sorry, osamabama. That means you.
I’ll bet he thinks all babies should eat, too.
He needs to send Code Pink, ANSWER, Cindy Sheehan, Michael Moore, the Hollywood left and phony veteran Jesse MacBeth out to campaign for this unilateral disarmament idea. Is Air America still around? LOL
This reminds me of Bill Clinton’s run up to ‘92. If you remember, in the primaries, Bill Clinton came up with one dumb a$$ proposal after another, and the voters laughed at every single one. Finally, he hit upon universal health care, and that polled well.
Suddenly, Universal Health Care became his Theme of the Week. The week turned into a month, into a campaign and into an administration. Now we are still dealing with that stupid idea, 16 years later.
And all because Bill Clintons tracking poll took a little upward blip when he talked about universal health care, all those years ago.
Obama is doing the same thing today. He is coming up with his dumb a$$ idea of the week, throwing it up against the wall, and seeing what sticks.
Obama just seems so very clueless. The media hype about him is a real Where's the Beef? fad. There's just no there there.
Once Americans get over the thrill of this announcement, Obama will announce his $20 trillion dollar program to end the heartbreak of psoriasis. He’s on fire, man, he can’t be stopped!
I hope gets rid of all mean people too.
While he’s at it, could he also call for an end to terrorism?
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