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.
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.
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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.
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