White House says nuclear-free world achievable

AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/4/09 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's vision of a world without nuclear arms is an achievable goal and the president will pursue it with an eye on the lessons learned from four decades of difficult diplomacy, the White House said Saturday.

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The challenge is to maintain an effective deterrent as long as there's any threat in the world, McDonough told reporters.

[NormsRevenge]

I guess focus groups are hot to trot to get rid of nukes.

[NormsRevenge]

just posted as well

Analysis: Obama no-nukes pledge not so farfetched
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222520/posts

[Tublecane]

We just gotta, like, freeze ‘em out, man.

[tips up]

Need to play John Lennon’s “Imagine” in the background...

[Carley]

No doubt O will begin with pressure on Israel to disarm.

[Glenn]

So much for the defense clause of the constitution.

North Korea and Iran could rule the world.

[DakotaRed]

Idealistically, nuke free would be great. But, it is totally naive to think little tyrants like Kim Jung Il, Ahmanutjob and others will freely give theirs up.

They thumb their noses at the world now, with impunity, so why would they be trusted to not develop or rid themselves of any they may now have?

Of course, B HO could always threaten them with a “stern” response. Which I interpret to be whine to the UN.

[SouthTexas]

A couple for N. Korea
A couple for Venezuela
Half a dozen for the middle east...

Yeah, it’s feasible.

[sionnsar]

Sure it is. And Nevil Shute’s book (and movie) “On The Beach” tells us exactly how we will get there.

[umgud]

All we gotta do is replace nukes with sanctions.

[Big Horn]

That obama guy is nuts.

[Big Horn]

That obama guy is nuts.

[BenLurkin]

In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

In the world of no nukes....

[Sig Sauer P220]

Apparently a nuclear-free U.S.A. is possible.

[the_Watchman]

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”

— Rudyard Kipling

http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_copybook.htm

[ProtectOurFreedom]

POF dreams of an Obama-free world.

[NormsRevenge]

I hear ya.

He hasn’t even been there 90 days yet.

[BallyBill]

That wasn't a temblor you felt, that was Stalin giggling in his grave.

[ataDude]

I am now convinced this guy is absolutely nuts.

[theDentist]

Someone's foolish Lord, Obama
Someone's ign'rant Lord, Obama
Someone's a sucker Lord, Obama
Can we impeach Obama?