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Posted on 07/10/2009 8:01:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
Britain Must Not Sacrifice Trident To Please Obama
By Nile Gardiner July 10th, 2009
Currying favour with Obama could leave Britain vulnerable
As the Telegraph has reported, President Obama has called for a 30-nation summit in Washington next March to discuss nuclear non-proliferation.
This follows a reckless preliminary agreement between Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow to cut America’s nuclear stockpile and delivery systems by up to a third, a deal which is stunningly good for the Russians but hugely damaging for America’s interests.
In the wake of the Moscow summit, Gordon Brown has hinted he may include scrapping or weakening the Trident nuclear deterrent as part of a global agreement on non-proliferation.
Eager to please the Obama White House, the Prime Minister has signaled his willingness to reduce Britain’s 160 warheads as well as the number of nuclear submarines. This will be music to the ears of left-wing Labour backbenchers eager to see Trident obliterated.
This is all premised on the ludicrous notion that rogue states such as North Korea and Iran will pledge to end their nuclear weapons programmes, despite not a shred of evidence they will do so.
It simply beggars belief that both Washington and London are seeking to reduce their defences at a time when key adversaries are seeking to acquire offensive nuclear capability, and are test-firing ballistic missiles left right and centre.
The Iranians already possess weapons that can strike southern Europe, and it won’t be long before they are capable of hitting the West too.
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The Brits shouldn’t sacrifice anything to please Obama. Nothing. America might need them to come to our rescue sometime down the road.
Bambi should curry favor with them. He is the boor who gave a dvd set and acted stupid with the Queen.
Clearly 0 has but a community organizers understanding of national security issues.
Nuclear non-proliferation? Bambi, that horse has left the barn.
He may be talking the talk in regards to Iran's nuclear ambitions, but before this whole election thing didn't he clearly state that he believes 'Iran deserves nuclear power'?
I think he's only talking the talk now because it's politically expedient to do so. In the end, a nuclear armed Iran will be able to spread Islam with a nuclear sword, and 0 will be able to hear 'the sweetest sound at sunrise' (to paraphrase 0 about the call to prayer, which he can recite himself in perfect Arabic).
If the Brits don’t do as the Messiah dictates he’ll head back over to Windsor Casle and get the Queen in a headlock again. And this time he’ll give her a serious noogie.
Anyone watching this must be concluding that this man is indeed the Manchurian Candidate. You cannot so actively work against long-term US strategic interests out of simple stupidity or naivete.
Oh yeah - Michelle is the one that mauled and manhandled the Queen during their first trip so she will be a natural to keep the old lady in line.
Nuclear non-proliferation works as well as gun control.
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