Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta
Obama amputates our nuclear arms
By: Charles Krauthammer
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Under President Obama’s new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is “in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” explained Gates, then “the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.”
Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. The president immediately calls in the lawyers to determine whether the attacking state is in compliance with the NPT. If it turns out that the attacker is up-to-date with its latest IAEA inspections, well, it gets immunity from nuclear retaliation. (Our response is then restricted to bullets, bombs and other conventional munitions.)
However, if the lawyers tell the president that the attacking state is NPT noncompliant, we are free to blow the bastards to nuclear kingdom come.
This is quite insane. It’s like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets hanged or 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections.
Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?
The naivete is stunning.
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Rather dreading our flight to Orlando tomorrow. (last space shuttle launch)
Too much going on right now.
Breaking on FOX:
Military jets escorting passenger jet to JFK.
FOX News alert..
Military jets escorting passenger jet into JFK right now!
Sounds like it’s not over yet. Be careful, RR.
BREAKING CAF F-18s shadowing Commercial Jet Liner inbound to NY (developing)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2617257/posts
Bammie is going to give a poser conference shortly....
If Obama knew about these threats last night at 10:35 EST, why were these planes even allowed to enter our airspace today??
That’s the $64,000 question, Raebie.
Reports: ALL passenger travel between Yemen and UK has been halted.
Why weren’t they halted at 10 PM last night??? God, I hope our brain dead press asks him that.
I smell a huge stinking rat!
Perhaps he was okay with the intended hit.....
>>>packages found on U.S.-bound airplanes contained explosives and were intended to hit “two places of Jewish worship in Chicago,” President Obama announced Friday.<<<
10-29-2010
2+9 = 11
hmmmm
Thank you for the ping Vel!
I’m reading on down the thread but am in total agreement with your thoughts on this.. same as mine.
10-29-2010
2+9 = 11
hmmmm<<<<
Big hmmmmm, good catch on your part.
Have your articles all open, but had to go to bed and of course slept more than normal ...
Scanner has had packages all night and an attack on the electrical room of some place, that was “take this to blackout”, and not another word was heard on it. [San Diego]
I hate these new radios, that allow the police scanners to blackout some of their broadcasts and control who they go to.
The schools are getting a lot of calls, having incidents and intrusions into them at night, and the cops go all out on the first hint at a school.
I noticed yesterday that there were more than the usual number of school bus accidents, all reading “and the vehicle struck the bus.” [Yahoo news alert]
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=school+bus+accident&fr=ush-mail&ygmabtsrchbtn=Web+Search
Shots Fired at Marine Corps National Museum
Friday, October 29, 2010 8:03 AM
Second time it got hit in two weeks
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/29/shots-fired-marine-corps-national-museum/
Shots were fired overnight at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. — the second time the facility has been targeted in a month.
The shooting incident occurred just hours after the FBI linked a shooting that took place overnight Monday at a Marine recruiting center in Chantilly, Va., with two similar cases in the commonwealth — including an earlier incident at the museum.
Authorities are investigating to see if the most recent shooting also is linked.
Staff came into work Friday morning at the museum and found new bullet holes, a public information officer at the museum told Fox News.
No artifacts were damaged and no one was hurt, the officer said
Ballistic evidence showed the same weapon was used in three previous shootings, the FBI said Thursday.
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Armed gunmen seen in Vekol Valley along I-8 may be Mexican assassins
DateThursday, October 28, 2010 at 3:40PM
On Monday, a Pinal County, Ariz. sheriff’s deputy spotted two Hispanic males armed with long rifles along Interstate 8 in the Vekol Valley. The men were hiding in the bush next to the road, and fled when the deputy spotted them. As they fled, one suspect dropped a backpack containing a loaded magazine and .223 caliber ammunition. Other evidence discovered at the scene indicated that a load of marijuana had recently been transferred to a vehicle. Law enforcement was unable to catch the fleeing gunmen.
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http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/px102810.htm
For Immediate Release
October 28, 2010 United States Attorney’s Office
District of Arizona
Contact: (602) 514-7500
Mesa Aviation Company and CEO Charged with Violating the Arms Export Control Act
PHOENIX—A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a two-count indictment against Floyd D. Stilwell, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Marsh Aviation Company, of Mesa, Arizona, for a violation of the Arms Export Control Act and Conspiracy.
The indictment alleges that beginning on and before November 2005 and continuing up to February 5, 2008, Stilwell, Marsh Aviation, and others contributed to the export of T-76 military aircraft engines from the United States to Venezuela for use by the Venezuelan Air Force. The T-76 engines are a designated item on the United States Munitions List which under the Arms Export Control Act makes it illegal to export without a license or written authorization from the Department of State. The T-76 aircraft engine was designed for the OV-10 Bronco Aircraft which is a Light Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft specifically suited for counter-insurgency missions.
Additionally, the indictment alleges that Stilwell and Marsh Aviation Company furnished assistance to members of the Venezuelan Air Force, including training in the assembly, testing, repair, maintenance, modification, operation, and use of the T-76 military aircraft engine, without having obtained the necessary license or written authorization from the Department of State. As a result of the indictment, Stilwell and Marsh Aviation were summoned to appear in court.
“Our national security depends upon U.S. companies abiding by our export laws. Failure to do so harms our national interests.” said U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke. “I thank the FBI, ICE, and the Department of Defense for their commitment to holding those who export defense articles in violation of our laws accountable for their actions.”
A conviction for a violation of the Arms Export Control Act carries a maximum penalty of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, or both. A conviction for conspiracy carries a maximum penalty of five years, a $250,000 fine, or both. However, in determining an actual sentence, Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt will consult the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which provide appropriate sentencing ranges. The judge, however, is not bound by those guidelines in determining a sentence.
An indictment is simply the method by which a person is charged with criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. An individual is presumed innocent until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The investigation preceding the indictment was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigation Service. The prosecution is being handled by David A. Pimsner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
CASE NUMBER: CR-10-1463-PHX-PGR
RELEASE NUMBER: 2010-233(Stilwell)
“You must draw the consequences of the condition in which America has sunk because of this unjust war, which is on the verge of collapse on all major fronts and will soon fall back across the Atlantic.”<<<<
I am trying to catch up, the above to me is the promise that the war is in the U.S. NOW.
To me the west is all of us, who are fighting al qaeda, but this tells where the battle will be, “across the Atlantic”, east coast.
US loses communication with 50 nuclear missiles for 45 minutes Saturday<<<<
Don’t forget that one.
Plus the kicked in door to the electrical room, there was a new call a couple hours ago, a Security Company has had its electrical room invaded and also someone broke into their phone system, they went across the street to call it in.
Home Secretary confirms device found on plane at U.K. airport was viable, could have exploded - Reuters http://reut.rs/d85PdY
I’m off to work, so not much time this morning :(
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