PRAGUE – Just hours after North Korea launched a long-range rocket, President Barack Obama called for "a world without nuclear weapons" and said the United States has a “moral responsibility ” to lead the way, as the only nation ever to use them.I wouldn't have believed even this of Obama during the campaigns. What could he possibly be thinking?
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Obama proposed doing so by reducing America’s arsenal, if not altogether eliminating it; hosting a summit on nuclear security; seeking ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and pursuing a new agreement aimed at stopping the production of fissile materials.
Hat tip to Big Lizards, with whom I agree; if Obama is crazy enough to go through with this, he'll be handing over the reigns of power to the likes of North Korea, China, and Iran. God help us all.
2 comments:
It's purely a political statement--he knows that he will never be able to eliminate our nuclear arsenal completely. Even if he gave the order, you know that some agency/military branch would manage to secret something away.
-Jen
Although, to play devil's advocate, a raging firestorm can be as deadly as a nuclear weapon. Read an account of the WWII firebombing of Dresden. Nukes are a highly effective way of intimidating enemies, but it's not like we're at a loss for methods of dealing death.
-Jen
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