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US plans 'dramatic reductions' in nuclear weapons
bbc.com ^ | 3/1/10

Posted on 03/01/2010 7:46:57 AM PST by HDCochran

Barack Obama plans 'dramatic reductions' in US nuclear weapons stockpile. Headline only.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; appeasement; arsenal; bho44; bhonukes; cheeseeating; disarmament; drunkenobama; kenyankrockofkrap; missiledefense; nationaldefense; nationalinsecurity; nuclearweapons; nukes; obama; surrender; surrendermonkey; traitor; treason
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Comment #121 Removed by Moderator

To: HDCochran

0bozo the boy commie pig usurper, lurches from one debacle of his own choosing to another. His strategy is to assult America with so many directions to destroy & tear down our country, that eventually just a few of his boneheaded ideas will hit somewhere. What a commie pig traitor he is....


122 posted on 03/01/2010 12:28:44 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: A Texan
LOL! 2800 is not “overkill” when you consider the cost of failed deterrence.

You are aware how much of the world we are trying to deter and how many warheads are aimed at us, right?

WW2 it was easy to pick 2 targets- try narrowing your target list in this world- in a multi theater, multi front war - and then project to 20 years from now since that is what today's decisions affect.

Or maybe you agree with the brilliant obama Harvard academic strategic thinkers who think the world will be a less dangerous place 20 years from now, with sane logical leaders in full control of their own WMD, if the US halves its deterrence?

If we have 2800 warheads now, it's not because of the bellicosity of our past presidents and Pentagon, but because of the threat(s) we face and the prudent planning decisions they made to posture us to deter an attack, or to defend us if one begins.

this fixation on reducing US nukes- UNLITERALLY- is simply Barry carrying out his thesis he wrote as a goofy illiterate affirmative action college senior.

Check it out. Maybe he got better grades in military strategery than he did in Economics. We can only hope.

123 posted on 03/01/2010 12:38:34 PM PST by silverleaf
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To: F15Eagle
as you know, Calypso Louie and best buddy Jeremiah Wright (of Barack Obama fame) traveled to Libya prior to the April, 1986

Didn't Gaddafi give lots of money to Farrakhan's group?

124 posted on 03/01/2010 1:11:49 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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To: silverleaf
I was mistaken in my original estimate of nuclear weapons. As of January 2007 the US has a total number 9,962 warheads at of all levels of readiness. This equates to a total arsenal power of approximately 5,500 EMt (equivalent megatonnage).

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Wpngall.html

The Hiroshima bomb was 13 kilotons, the Nagasaki bomb was 21 kilotons.

We can afford to reduce some of our nuclear weaponry.

125 posted on 03/01/2010 1:20:22 PM PST by A Texan (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: HDCochran

Spreading the wealth, nuclear style.

Sigh....


126 posted on 03/01/2010 1:28:26 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (Global Warming: Deader than disco)
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To: SoldierDad

Tell me about it...nothing about this psycho and his minions is a joke.


127 posted on 03/01/2010 1:40:05 PM PST by eleni121 (For Jesus did not give us a timid spirit , but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline)
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To: HDCochran

As long as this coincides with advancements in a modernized nucelar arsenal, including possibly smaller, more tactical versions, but an all-round more modern and effective arsenal then I’m for it...of course the likelihood of that is nil.


128 posted on 03/01/2010 2:36:06 PM PST by americanophile (Congratulations Team USA! You made us proud!)
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To: HDCochran

I can’t wait for November, when it’ll be:

US plans ‘dramatic reductions’ in government!


129 posted on 03/01/2010 2:55:59 PM PST by Lucky9teen (The cowards are very very concerned that someone might notice that they are cowards.)
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To: HDCochran

Why don’t you just give them to Iran, Hussein


130 posted on 03/01/2010 3:04:38 PM PST by omega4179 (jdforsenate.com hunt some rinos 2010)
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To: A Texan

You don’t do that unilaterally, you negotiate a 3 way deal with China and Russia to scrap their unwanted devices too.
This policy is more Dem Bullsh1t.


131 posted on 03/01/2010 3:05:55 PM PST by omega4179 (jdforsenate.com hunt some rinos 2010)
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To: A Texan
If we currently have 2,800 we could cut those numbers in half and still have plenty to blow up the earth and the moon. Let the older/outdated nukes be the ones that are dismantled.

One advantage to having a larger number is that even if a traitor gives an enemy the means to conduct an effective surprise attack on 90% of our strike capability, we'd still have enough left to strike back with that our enemies would be unwilling to take such a chance. If we reduce our strength too much, or eliminate too much of its diversity, an enemy might realistically hope to knock us out completely before we could respond. Having an enemy attempt such a thing would be disastrous, regardless of whether it was successful.

133 posted on 03/01/2010 3:41:10 PM PST by supercat (Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
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To: HDCochran
This is systematic of America by design. You'd have to be blind freddy to think this is some accident.
134 posted on 03/01/2010 3:41:33 PM PST by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: F15Eagle
Gaddafi, after all, loves Barack Obama, so he probably worships Farrakhan.

I just checked. Farrakhan received about 1 BILLION dollars from Gaddafi, in part to help Clinton get re-elected (via the minority vote).

FEDS PROBE FARRAKHAN-LIBYA TIE
By Richard Sisk

February 17th 1996

WASHINGTON The Justice Department yesterday fired off a letter to Louis Farrakhan calling for an accounting of the reported $1 billion deal the Nation of Islam leader made with Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy.

Justice officials said they were seeking to determine "whether a violation of federal law occurred" during Farrakhan's tour of Africa and the Mideast, which has included meetings with Khadafy, Iraq's Saddam Hussein and the rulers of Iran.

According to the government-controlled Libyan media, Khadafy pledged $1 billion to Farrakhan's group, partly to help turn out the minority vote in the November elections.

If true, Farrakhan could have violated federal law by failing to register with the Justice Department as the agent of a foreign government seeking to influence American policies or politics.

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1996/02/17/1996-02-17_feds_probe_farrakhan-libya_t.html

135 posted on 03/01/2010 3:57:27 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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To: JimSEA
Everything this guy does gives me an uncomfortable, hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach.

I was thinking the same thing this morning. Obama's 90 million to schools if they fire principals and close down schools and open up Charters. I thought if we trusted him that is a good thing. But with Obama he will clear out conservatives and bring in liberal only principals and close down all the wrong schools just like he did car dealerships.

He has proven he is not to be trusted.

136 posted on 03/01/2010 4:08:30 PM PST by OafOfOffice (W.C:Socialism:Philosophy of failure,creed of ignorance,gospel of envy,the equal sharing of misery)
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To: FrankR

Luckily, I was in between sips of scotch when I saw that- else my sinuses would’ve been on fire.


137 posted on 03/01/2010 4:29:30 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: bgill

“As an act of spreading the wealth, is he gonna give all of ours to North Korea and Iraq?”

Of course not, silly. He going to spread them around in various muslim countries - to make them all equal, except Saudia Arabia which will be more equal than others...


138 posted on 03/01/2010 5:00:52 PM PST by PIF
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Heh


139 posted on 03/01/2010 5:22:53 PM PST by ecomcon
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To: ETL; SoCalPol; STARWISE; Liz; maggief; SE Mom; hoosiermama

Excellent posts on this thread, ETL. From his Harvard writings to present. Thanks.


140 posted on 03/01/2010 5:23:39 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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