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Warren, Bullock spar over 'no first use' nuclear policy [at debate]
The Hill ^ | 07/30/19 | REBECCA KHEEL

Posted on 08/01/2019 12:02:07 AM PDT by BTerclinger

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) sparred Tuesday night over her proposed “no first use” policy on nuclear weapons during the Democratic debate.

In defending the proposed policy, Warren argued for diplomatic and economic solutions to conflict, saying “we should not be asking our military to take on jobs that do not have a military solution.”

But Bullock opposed that proposal, saying, “I don’t want to turn around and say, ‘Well, Detroit has to be gone before we would ever use that.’”

Warren is the lead sponsor of the Senate version of a bill that would make it U.S. policy not to use nuclear weapons first.

It has long been the policy of the United States that the country reserves the right to launch a preemptive nuclear strike.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: Michigan; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: detroit; elizabethwarren; fauxahontas; massachusetts; michigan; montana; nuclearweapons; nukes; qanon; rebeccakheel; slingingbull; stevebullock; surrender; thehill; thehillary; theshill; warren
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To: BTerclinger
“we should not be asking our military to take on jobs that do not have a military solution.”

And we should not be using diplomacy to take on jobs that require a military solution.

Neither of which has anything to do with first use of nuclear weapons. We should use them in the future, as we did in the past, when they are necessary to American national security.

21 posted on 08/01/2019 10:27:16 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BTerclinger; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...
Thanks BTerclinger. It's obviously just a grandstanding ploy, anyway -- nuclear war would end civilization as we've known it, kill billions, and there would never be any arrests if our missiles launched first. And no one would believe the Demagogic Party liars when they held "hearings" (kangaroo courts) to determine (preassigned) responsibility. Tomahawk LIz lied about her heritage, continues to lie about which lies she told, and is basically just a huckster, public fleecer, and , well, a liar.

22 posted on 08/01/2019 11:34:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: HighSierra5

For the entire term of Obama I remember briefly watching him on TV one or two times. He is the main reason why I have not watched TV in decades.


23 posted on 08/01/2019 2:13:09 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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24 posted on 08/01/2019 2:16:11 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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