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US President Barack Obama is outlining his vision of a world free of nuclear weapons |
2009-04-05 |
Posted by:3dc |
#16 Reagan had the vision too. But when he talked about it you knew he wouldn't risk the country to achieve it, he'd achieve it to reduce the country's risk. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-04-05 16:12 |
#15 ...This isn't new. Don't forget Jimmah Cartuh wanted to cut the ICBM force to 100 missiles (from roughly 1600) and wipe out the bomber force to replace them with about a dozen 747s fitted to launch ALCMs. And only the professional hari-kiri of MGen John Singlaub (a nutcase, as it turned out, but a loyal one) prevented Jimmah from pulling all US ground forces out of the ROK. Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2009-04-05 14:45 |
#14 CF you have hit on one of the tragedies of education. Corporatism was Mussolini's answer to socialism. He didn't want state ownership, just state control. THAT is fascism. THAT is the Obamanation way. Sic Semper Tyrranis. |
Posted by: AlanC 2009-04-05 14:31 |
#13 E.C. To Obama and the rest of his Socialists / (and yes I'll say it!) Fascists all that is a feature - not a bug. Remember - never let a crisis go to waste. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-04-05 14:05 |
#12 On a more serious note this just proves how little Obama understands about defense and foreign policy. A world without nuclear weapons would be a chaotic nightmare. South Korea would be overrun by NK, Taiwan would have been invaded by China, Russia would be tempted to take back former Soviet states by force, wars between India and Pakistan would have cost millions of lives already, the Arabs would have ganged up against Israel etc etc. Do not wish for a world without nukes. Especially not ours. |
Posted by: European Conservative 2009-04-05 13:20 |
#11 Did not appear to be much mindless slobbering at Baden Baden. Hat tip to Angele EC, for essentially telling him to bugger off. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-05 13:13 |
#10 "Wer Visionen hat, sollte lieber gleich zum Arzt gehen!" "Who has visions should see a doctor right now" Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt (who proved that a Social Democrat could be a sane person) |
Posted by: European Conservative 2009-04-05 13:07 |
#9 Obama = all fo' shizzle |
Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-05 12:44 |
#8 "Obama = all sizzle, no steak." And the sizzle's fading fast, Alan. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-04-05 12:37 |
#7 "I want a world free of nuclear weapons., and I want to eat candy and poop emeralds. And I am pleased to announce that we are already 1/3rd of the way to meeting these goals, as demonstrated by these dental records." |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-05 11:57 |
#6 Obama = all sizzle, no steak. |
Posted by: AlanC 2009-04-05 10:05 |
#5 If the Beeb wont buy it, who will? Sounds like it's just happy talk for the loons. |
Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-04-05 09:23 |
#4 The BBC isn't impressed link |
Posted by: john frum 2009-04-05 08:57 |
#3 His peacenik nuclear platitudes sort of ring hollow on the back of the NKOR launch. We disarm while they do exactly the opposite? He certainly must enjoy appearing nieve and stupid. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-05 08:18 |
#2 Ah, Cynicism.....his base just eats that crap up. They can sit around, singing "Kumbaya", and make world peace happen by visualizing it. It takes them to the happy place where unicorns frolic in the rainbows. And best of all...they don't have to work for it, it just "happens", because, you know, |
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-04-05 08:10 |
#1 His visions might be of interest to his psychoanalyst, but why share such embarrassing fantasies with the general public? |
Posted by: Cynicism Inc 2009-04-05 07:23 |