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Obama administration embraces major new cut in nuclear weapons
Miami Herald ^ | 2/8/13 | Jeffrey Smith

Posted on 02/08/2013 5:03:03 AM PST by Monty22002

WASHINGTON -- Senior Obama administration officials have agreed that the number of nuclear warheads the U.S. military deploys could be cut by at least a third without harming national security, according to those involved in the deliberations.

Such a reduction would open the door to billions of dollars in military savings, which might ease the federal budget deficit. It also would improve prospects for a new arms deal with Russia before President Barack Obama leaves office, those involved said, but it’s likely to draw fire from conservatives, if previous debate on the issue is any guide.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: disarm; disarmament; disarmnuclearusa; disarmusa; flexibility; nationalsecurity; norks; northkorea; nuclear; nuclearfree; nuclearweapons; nukefree; nukes; obama; usnukes
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To: chessplayer
I didn’t think we had any nukes left. How many do we have left? Five? ...

Nonsense. We have plenty of nukes, probably as much as the number of ingots in Fort Knox.

41 posted on 02/08/2013 10:14:58 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: captmar-vell
Ya know, it wasn’t that long ago that entertaining such thoughts was the stuff of the tinfoil hat crowd, not so today, we don’t have to be even remotely paranoid to believe our president is knowingly working against our own security interests or that our enemies are becoming more emboldened ala neville chamberlain.

Interesting analysis. We'll see how it plays out. A agree with you that I never thought this stuff before with previous presidents. There's no other way to say it, what Obama does is anti-American. He talks a good line, but his decisions all boil down to anti-Constitutional, anti-capitalist and anti-American.

Even this whole pop culture thing - the music, "entertainment", celebs, the MSM mind numbing diversions - all intended to keep the sheeple in line while he does his dirty work. Are there any congress or military guys left in Washington D.C. that are willing to take a stand? The Pentagon? Media? C'mon guys, the country is dying right before our eyes. Millions of us out here are fraught with worry that our country may be on the road to its planned destruction. This is tinfoil not. It's Obama's actions consistent with his grooming. Help!


42 posted on 02/08/2013 10:31:17 AM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Monty22002

I suspect there is an escape clause in obamacare that reads that in the event of war you are not covered.


43 posted on 02/08/2013 5:09:05 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Monty22002
From "45 Communist Goals", as per "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963:

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

'Goals' 4-45 can be found here:
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

44 posted on 02/08/2013 7:09:46 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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>> Senior Obama administration officials have agreed

Well, that’s reassuring.


45 posted on 02/08/2013 7:38:45 PM PST by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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To: Monty22002

Nukes ain’t cheap and grandma’s free pills (thanks Dubya) don’t grow on trees. Folks on FR need to make a tough choice - entitlements or the defense industry’s every wish.


46 posted on 02/09/2013 6:36:50 AM PST by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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