Posted on 04/05/2010 5:37:13 PM PDT by lbryce
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday that he was revamping American nuclear strategy to substantially narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons, even in self defense.
But the president said in an interview that he was carving out an exception for “outliers like Iran and North Korea” that have violated or renounced the main treaty to halt nuclear proliferation.
Discussing his approach to nuclear security the day before formally releasing his new strategy, Mr. Obama described his policy as part of a broader effort to edge the world toward making nuclear weapons obsolete, and to create incentives for countries to give up any nuclear ambitions. To set an example, the new strategy renounces the development of any new nuclear weapons, overruling the initial position of his own defense secretary.
Mr. Obama’s strategy is a sharp shift from those adopted by his predecessors and seeks to revamp the nation’s nuclear posture for a new age in which rogue states and terrorist organizations are greater threats than traditional powers like Russia and China.
It eliminates much of the ambiguity that has deliberately existed in American nuclear policy since the opening days of the Cold War. For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons, or launched a crippling cyberattack.
Those threats, he argued, could be deterred with “a series of graded options” -- a combination of old and newly designed conventional weapons.
“I’m going to preserve all the tools that are necessary in order to make sure that the American people are safe and secure,” Mr. Obama said during the interview in the Oval Office.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Correction: For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing SUICIDE. We're sitting ducks.
WEAKNESS IS STRENGTH
Is this “humor?”
obumpa
Why is it every time I dare to think “Well, it couldn’t get any worse,” I’m proven wrong?
At this rate, I can’t even imagine where we’ll end up by the time we’re done with this man and those who support him. It’s too frightening to comprehend.
Impeaching a frontman of the globalist elite will not do anything. Obama plays a pivotal role in the deliberate dismantlement of America.
If we don't stop this tyrant in November, we're all going to end up dead.
“When can we impeach this guy?”
He can’t be impeached because he’s not really President.
Who has the stinking gonads to actually bring up papers of impeachment on our side?
There again, I can't believe America is going down the tubes at this quick a pace.
PING...
Obama selling out to Russia and China!
Everybody will like us a lot more now....
Does anyone -- ANYONE -- believe that Obama would launch a retaliatory strike if Russia launched FULL ON at us?
Anyone?
He just gave our opponents the initiative. Not that he hasn’t already.
Why tell opponents your strategy?
Honestly, I could see those two scheming and together nuking our arse.
“If we don’t stop this tyrant in November, we’re all going to end up dead.”
Dead or red. Sad.
ping
First thing’s first..
We are back to “Launch on Impact” protocol, thus we need to wait until nukes hit our soil before we can launch back
Second..
Because we have to wait until multiple nukes hit us (To ascertain who attacked us with certainty) then wait until POTUS gives the order to retaliate (Which does take time), we would have to wait at least one hour AFTER the first nukes hit before retaliation. By this time, many of our subs would be on the bottom (those 1/3 that are not in port).
Japan, S.Korea, W. Europe, Gulf States, So. America, your are on your own.
Better cut the best deal you can now.
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