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US Weighing Steep Nuclear Arms Cuts
NPR ^ | February 14, 2012, 03:19 pm ET | The Associated Press

Posted on 02/14/2012 2:21:08 PM PST by Robe

The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, The Associated Press has learned.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackhusseinobama; bhotreason; democrats; leftism; military; obama; traitors; treason
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1 posted on 02/14/2012 2:21:15 PM PST by Robe
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To: Robe

Don’t know the posting restrictions of NPR.

Somebody better wake up and stop this guy before it’s too late. This is unilateral disarmament


2 posted on 02/14/2012 2:23:58 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe

How many do we have?

As long as we can human life on Earth a few times over, it should be enough.

/sarc


3 posted on 02/14/2012 2:26:10 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

destroy that is


4 posted on 02/14/2012 2:29:16 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Robe

There is something truly sinister going on in this country. I just don’t get it. It’s beyond the rats alone, but the Republicans themselves are acting so mild and placid as he is dismantling everything. WHO IS THIS GUY, OBAMA, WHO WHO???


5 posted on 02/14/2012 2:30:47 PM PST by parisa
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To: Robe

If this goes through, it will be Suicide City, USA!


6 posted on 02/14/2012 2:31:10 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: GeronL
They feel that 300 devices is sufficient for deterrent as long as we have strong anti-cheating provisions, What ARE these people smokimg ???
7 posted on 02/14/2012 2:33:08 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe

Tyrant’s AG :
All you crackers voted in the last election for your children to die.
We deliver. So, on the morrow, your King and I
are shipping these to Iran."




8 posted on 02/14/2012 2:34:18 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Robe

They are enemies of this country


9 posted on 02/14/2012 2:35:33 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Robe

Oh, goodie! Now the terrorists will love us and won’t want to blow us up anymore!

What a relief! Thank you, Obama!


10 posted on 02/14/2012 2:35:33 PM PST by DJ Frisat ((optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: Robe

He’s going to get us all killed.


11 posted on 02/14/2012 2:43:20 PM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Not Romney - Not ever!)
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To: Robe

The little socialist runs amok!


12 posted on 02/14/2012 2:48:26 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Robe

The enemy within...


13 posted on 02/14/2012 2:49:17 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Robe
It's all about the Putin-ChiCom-Chavez-Iran-Obama "new world order".

We are creating a new world, a balanced world. A new world order, a multipolar world,” Chavez told reporters during a visit to Communist China, one of many. His “new world order” includes [RUSSIA], China, Iran,... and a significantly weakened United States, he explained.

Resurgent Communism in Latin America
by Alex Newman, March 16, 2010:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/3122-resurgent-communism-in-latin-america?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html
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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed092605a.cfm
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Russia's Medvedev hails "comrade" Obama

Associated Foreign Press (AFP) ^ | April 2, 2009 | Anna Smolchenko

"Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks"

http://www.france24.com/en/20090402-russias-medvedev-hails-comrade-obama

April 1, 2009:
"Obama, Medvedev pledge new era of relations":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090401/wl_afp/usrussiadiplomacynuclear_20090401152002
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President Obama and Venezuela dictator Hugo
Chavez at the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad.
Note the "soul bro" handshake. (my caption)

Obama, Chavez shake hands at Americas Summit:
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/17/2698451-obama-chavez-shake-hands-at-americas-summit
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From CBS-News, July 29, 2006:

Chavez Vows To 'Stand By Iran'
After Oil Talks In Tehran, Venezuelan Leader Called 'Brother' By Ahmedinejad

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"Chavez pledged that his country would 'stay by Iran at any time and under any condition,' state television reported. Ahmadinejad said he saw in Chavez a kindred spirit." "'We do not have any limitation in cooperation,' Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. 'Iran and Venezuela are next to each other and supporters of each other. Chavez is a source of a progressive and revolutionary current in South America and his stance in restricting imperialism is tangible.'":
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/world/main1847331.shtml
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http://article.wn.com/view/2009/06/16/Iran_president_visits_Russia_despite_protests/

14 posted on 02/14/2012 2:53:29 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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15 posted on 02/14/2012 2:54:23 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Robe
From the campaign trail, February 2008...

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[not win it -etl]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert [they are NOT on "hair-trigger alert" now -etl], and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."
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"I will not weaponize space"

"I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems"
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2008 Pentagon Report (March 2008):
China's Growing Military Space Power

By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
March 6, 2008

GOLDEN, Colorado — A just-released Pentagon report spotlights a growing U.S. military concern that China is developing a multi- dimensional program to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by its potential adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.

Furthermore, last year's successful test by China of a direct-ascent, anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon to destroy its own defunct weather satellite, the report adds, underscores that country's expansion from the land, air, and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains.

Although China's commercial space program has utility for non- military research, that capability demonstrates space launch and control know-how that have direct military application. Even the Chang'e 1 — the Chinese lunar probe now circling the Moon — is flagged in the report as showcasing China's ability "to conduct complicated space maneuvers — a capability which has broad implications for military counterspace operations."

To read the entire publication [29.67MB/pdf], see U.S. Dept of Defense:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China_Military_Report_08.pdf

16 posted on 02/14/2012 2:54:52 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: parisa

WHO IS THIS GUY, OBAMA, WHO WHO???


He is EVIL.

That explains it all.


17 posted on 02/14/2012 3:01:05 PM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: Robe

Ok Folks

This is downright scary.

The implications could be our own destruction. If our level of defense falls below the level of another nations ability or willingness to suffer through our much reduced response-——.

This may go to the level of treason.


18 posted on 02/14/2012 3:07:02 PM PST by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: Robe
Well,

Think of all the money we'll have for Shaniqua and her three illegitimate kids?

Do you see ANY cuts on entitlements? Nope. Only more of them on the way: consumer protection agency...

19 posted on 02/14/2012 3:07:40 PM PST by Red6
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To: unkus
I sure hope we have generals that honor their oaths to the constitution over this puke.. This is setting us up for a devastating attack.
He's sure got up a full head of steam in doing as much damage to this country before the elections.
WTF are the republicans????
Are they going to sit for this without a whimper ????
20 posted on 02/14/2012 3:08:58 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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