Posted on 10/02/2007 2:47:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Senator Barack Obama will propose on Tuesday setting a goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in the world, saying the United States should greatly reduce its stockpiles to lower the threat of nuclear terrorism, aides say.
In a speech at DePaul University in Chicago, Mr. Obama will add his voice to a plan endorsed earlier this year by a bipartisan group of former government officials from the cold war era who say the United States must begin building a global consensus to reverse a reliance on nuclear weapons that have become “increasingly hazardous and decreasingly effective.”
Mr. Obama, according to details provided by his campaign Monday, also will call for pursuing vigorous diplomatic efforts aimed at a global ban on the development, production and deployment of intermediate-range missiles.
“In 2009, we will have a window of opportunity to renew our global leadership and bring our nation together,” Mr. Obama is planning to say, according to an excerpt of remarks provided by his aides. “If we don’t seize that moment, we may not get another.”
His speech was to come one day after an announcement by the Bush administration that it had tripled the rate of dismantling nuclear weapons over the last year, putting the United States on track to reducing its stockpile of weapons by half by 2012.
The exact number of weapons being dismantled, like the overall stockpile, is secret, but officials said Monday that with the planned reductions, the total number of American nuclear weapons would be at the lowest levels since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
Under a 2002 treaty, the United States and Russia agreed to limit the number of operational nuclear weapons in their arsenals to between 1,700 and 2,200 by 2012, though that agreement did not address weapons in reserve stockpiles.
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Check his background: Barack Obama is heavily invested with Socialist groups all over the country.
All according to the script.
I’d like to see both eliminated.
Mosques spread hate and death and mosquitoes also spread death.
Both are uncomfortable to have around.
Thanks for the confirmation.
He’s on fire, man, he can’t be stopped!
Sen. Obama, can you outlaw liver, onions, anchoives and mayonnaise - I hate them! And elevator music......
What else should be outlawed?
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“Barak Obama has the mind of a child.” - Johnny Rotten
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1st response - F*** no.
2nd thought... he knows he’s not gonna be President right away. He is shoring up the left flank of the party so Hillary can run to the center.
So, What’s his views on guns? /s
Rev Al with bullhorn:
Barrack the magic Negro lives in DC...
(Courtesy Paul Shanklin)
5.56mm
He may be clean and articulate but he’s a mental deficient.
Funny Pic! never saw that one before. lol
Ummm... did he mean get rid of them by dropping them on Pakistan? /s
Figures, all muslims want us to get rid of everything... not surprised.
I’d like to read at least some theory’s about these weapons. Any Idea where?
Somebody should tell him he is running for President, not Miss America.
I seem to recall us trying this once before and the other side thumbed their nose at us while the anti-nuke crowd slammed America.
Oh, one more thing Obama...what are you going to do if a country says no to your plan?
Tell it to Iran, Obama. I’m sure Ahmadinejad will listen /sarc.
A nation without a nuclear defense in this dangerous age of the Iran-N. Korea-Russia-China axis is a foolish nation. Wake up and get in the real world, not some fantasy sugar-coated version of it where everybody gets along. The real world is not like that.
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