Posted on 05/04/2010 5:57:10 PM PDT by Kaslin
Defense: The administration proudly reveals a state secret to our enemies before a U.N. conference on nuclear nonproliferation. It wants to lead by example on disarmament, but Iran and North Korea aren't following.
Not since the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact that sought to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy has there been such a stunning display of dangerous naivete.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton disclosed U.S. nuclear secrets to the U.N. conference while proudly proclaiming it showed America is sending "a clear, unmistakable signal" that this nation is committed to nuclear disarmament.
Kellogg-Briand laid the groundwork for Munich in 1938, Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the cataclysm of World War II. Among the initial signatories were Germany and Japan. Being committed to peace and disarmament brings neither.
We prefer President Kennedy's dictum that "only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed." Compare that clarion call to defend America with Mrs. Clinton's announcement that "beginning today, the United States will make public the number of nuclear weapons in our stockpile and the number of weapons we have dismantled since 1991." If we show you ours, will you show us yours?
The U.S. hopes to shame Pyongyang and Tehran into compliance. Good luck with that hopey-changey idea. America's new national policy seems to be one of peace through weakness and talk softly while throwing away our stick.
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Pearl Harbor.
OK, 19 years of peace...
Followed by an attack that would have been unthinkable in the absence of the treaty.
And the Chinese might dispute with you about how many years of peace there were.
My guess is that she lied.
Hillary can’t do anything else.
That’s sorta why I started with 17. I was being a bit more eurocentric, and overlooked China.
I wonder how many years (or months) of peace we’ll have after a certain FReeper’s dream of saving all that money we waste, just waste, on nuclear weapons comes true?
IIRC, the canonical answer is 3-1/2 years, half the seven year treaty...
Sheer, utter, freakin’ madness...bump
As many as it takes for some ambitious tyrant to think he can "take us".
You and I disagree.
Please don’t send me any more of your posts.
The next one will be reported to the Admin. Got it?
I agree to disagree.
As a courtesy, in respect of your inability to defend your position, and your willingness to attempt to suppress honest discussion I will drop it.
Good day.
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