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2006-03-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-29 17:26|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 More mush from the liberals at Foreign Policy. What is it with their obsession with unilateral American nuclear disarmament?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-03-29 18:47|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-03-29 18:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Amazing isn't it? But at least it's got the Ruskies and ChiComs talking to eachother about coordinating strategic programs again.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-29 18:49|| 2006-03-29 18:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Article: But if the United States adopts a more restrained foreign policy -- for example, one premised on greater skepticism of the wisdom of forcibly exporting democracy, launching military strikes to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and aggressively checking rising challengers -- then the benefits of nuclear primacy will be trumped by the dangers.

Let me get this straight - a policy of forcibly exporting democracy, launching military strikes to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and aggressively checking rising challengers is made safer if we have a weaker nuclear force and/or missile defense? But that same nuclear force and missile defense is what we use to deter enemy nuclear attacks - if they hit us with nukes, we will obliterate them. And the thought of nuclear alliances is a little naive - does anyone seriously think China will trade Beijing for DC in Russia's behalf? Heck, China won't even trade Beijing for DC to get Taiwan back. In fact, the disintegration of Russia due to nuclear attack would be an excuse for China get back all the territory it lost to Russia during the 18th and 19th centuries. Radiation eventually goes away - just look at Hiroshima and Nagasaki just a few years after the atomic bombings.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-03-29 19:10|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-03-29 19:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Unless Washington's policies change or Moscow and Beijing take steps to increase the size and readiness of their forces, Russia and China -- and the rest of the world -- will live in the shadow of U.S. nuclear primacy for many years to come.

They say this like it's a bad thing.

Posted by xbalanke 2006-03-29 21:54|| 2006-03-29 21:54|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with the liberals, lets reduce the size of our nuke arsenal. Send a few to NKOR, Iran, Syria,Sudan,Somalia,maybe even a couple to pakiland, just to let them know they arent towing the line. By the time we're done, whammo! hardly any nuclear arsenal left at all.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-03-29 23:39|| 2006-03-29 23:39|| Front Page Top

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