Posted on 07/10/2021 10:59:07 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Senate Democrats are pressuring the Biden administration to cut construction of a critical missile program even as China and Russia drastically increase their firepower, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), the authors of the letter, are urging national security adviser Jake Sullivan to alter the administration's stance on nuclear weapons in the 2022 defense budget. The letter comes as Democrats strive to shutter the advanced nuclear program in favor of technology that was first tested by the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. The senators' campaign puts them at odds with the Biden administration's senior Pentagon officials, who have expressed support for nuclear modernization. The lawmakers' direct appeal to the National Security Council presents a litmus test for where the White House stands on the vital issue.
"We write to express concern regarding [the] President's FY22 budget requests for nuclear weapon modernization," Merkley and Warren wrote. "The high funding levels suggest that the Biden administration embraces its predecessor's reckless mission to build new nuclear weapons. … We believe that the Trump-era nuclear buildup must be halted."
Even as the senators take aim at efforts to overhaul the aging Minuteman III program, which is the United States' only ground-based nuclear missile, President Joe Biden's Pentagon brass have voiced support for nuclear modernization efforts. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, who oversees the nuclear portfolio, told lawmakers in February that modernization plans must be driven by strategy, not ideology or budgets, and that ground-based nuclear missiles are part of the "bedrock" of America's missile defense. Internal budget memos from the Biden Pentagon show nuclear modernization programs are a "number one priority" for the Department of Defense.
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Uh, hello? He needs the nukes and F-15s to keep the MAGA militia in check. Sheesh. 😴😴😴
The ChiCom supporting ‘RATS want to cripple America’s nuclear weapons capability just as China and Russia are doing a giant buildup of their nuclear weapons. They REALLY hate America and Americans.😿😿
With China and Russia having gained nuclear weapons superiority over the USA at this time, the Dems want to throw away any chance we have of catching up?
Man, these Dem peckawoods are a sick bunch.
I think Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) should sponsor a BILL in the Senate.
That way we can all watch this whacko nonsense die in committee.
Instead they write a letter.
These programs are in good political shape...for now.
Daddy, what was America?
“Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.”
Treason. High tree limb. Rope.
Joni Mitchell song “Woodstock” (1970)
Everywhere there were songs
And celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust, we are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden
Lampposts work too.
LOL, of course now when the Russians shut down some LGBQ+ parade, the Left says, “Nuke ‘Em!”
I wonder what the joint smokers of staff have to say about this move?
Ten pounds of crap in a five pound bag. The high funding levels started in about 2014 during the Obama administration and represent a need to modernize or replace old weapon systems. The Minuteman III missiles were fielded in 1970 and have been on the job ever since. The Tridents are just about as old.
Hell, a swingset will do in a pinch.
Well in many respects Russia has as good if not better missiles, depending on the type. There is the Sarmat-2 with multiple re-entry warheads which could, just with this stockpile, wipe most living organisms off the face of the Earth.
Then there is always the Poseidon nuclear powered drone which can lurk for years until activated. Using a 200 MT salted warhead to create a 500 meter high filled with radioactive cobalt-60, just one could swamp the east coast of the US from Delaware to New England hundreds of miles inland. The area would be uninhabitable for centuries.
This is not the time for our institutions, including the military, to be obsessed with the color of one’s skin or the interesting things one can do with one’s genitals.
More evidence Democrats are either incredibly stupid or evil to the point of being spiritually blinded into supporting horrible policies.
Maybe they think Superman or the X-Men will come save us?
Just last week, satellite images of 200 Red Chinese missile silos being built or were finished in the NW desert area of China were in the news. These are first strike rockets that are aimed at our US and our allies. China is increasing its nuclear arms.
The Democrats calling for the US to shrink our deterrence nuclear ability are putting us in danger of being wiped out by hostile nations.
Xi much happy investment much good.
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