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TERRORISM and COUNTERTERRORISM: News, INFORMATION & Analysis #2
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| 4/11/2010
| FReeper Collaboration
Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta
Obama amputates our nuclear arms
By: Charles Krauthammer
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Under President Obamas new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty, explained Gates, then the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.
Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. The president immediately calls in the lawyers to determine whether the attacking state is in compliance with the NPT. If it turns out that the attacker is up-to-date with its latest IAEA inspections, well, it gets immunity from nuclear retaliation. (Our response is then restricted to bullets, bombs and other conventional munitions.)
However, if the lawyers tell the president that the attacking state is NPT noncompliant, we are free to blow the bastards to nuclear kingdom come.
This is quite insane. Its like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets hanged or 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections.
Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?
The naivete is stunning.
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To: Velveeta
Thanking you for the ping.
1,881
posted on
02/04/2011 4:20:58 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: Velveeta
Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. *Presto* Just like that, no more Harvard.
What will the chattering classes do?
No cheers, unfortunately.
1,882
posted on
02/04/2011 5:33:38 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Cindy
any thoughts on this threat .....
1,883
posted on
02/04/2011 7:04:03 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: Velveeta; 444Flyer
Velveeta, thanks for this post.
To: Velveeta
Well - we’ve been getting all kinds of nuclear hints from our own government, so there must be something in the wind.
Sadly, we have an ignorant wimp in charge.
1,886
posted on
02/04/2011 7:10:15 PM PST
by
WestCoastGal
(SL I believe hes a remarkable race-car driver, I think some people in the world have forgotten that)
To: no-to-illegals
Wow NTI. This is heavy duty. Will try and do some research on it, but hopefully someone here will fill us in on more. Thx for telling me.
To: HollyB
Thanking you ahead of time
1,888
posted on
02/04/2011 7:18:08 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: no-to-illegals
To: WestCoastGal
It’s not even that he’s ignorant - he just doesn’t flippin care.
If it’s not a vacation, golf, basketball or a Super Bowl party....fuggedaboutit.
To: no-to-illegals; Velveeta
No-to-illegals asked: “any thoughts on this threat .....”
~
Answer: The jihad is global and it never stopped. The wot is global and it never stops, either.
1,891
posted on
02/04/2011 8:55:11 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Cindy
To: Velveeta
1,893
posted on
02/04/2011 10:58:26 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Velveeta
Well, the terrorists know just where to find Obooboo on Super Bowl Sunday—at the White House with J-Lo.
1,894
posted on
02/05/2011 12:25:07 PM PST
by
Palladin
(Obama, go back to Hawaii! Better yet, go back to Kenya!!)
To: Velveeta
Same s#i!, different day.
1,895
posted on
02/05/2011 12:29:05 PM PST
by
Palladin
(Obama, go back to Hawaii! Better yet, go back to Kenya!!)
To: Velveeta; WestCoastGal; nw_arizona_granny
Thanks for the ping, Velveeta...and the 3 of you for your continued effort to inform/alert/educate. It is very much appreciated.
1,896
posted on
02/05/2011 6:28:46 PM PST
by
PGalt
To: LucyT
the problem with ranting madmen is that sometimes they get their hands on something dangerous.
civilized societies try to keep their dangerous madmen from acting out against other ciilized societies. ..but
we are still not dealing with civilized societies in great swaths of the world..
President Bush was so right when he said “either you’re with us or you’re with the terrorists”.
It would be smart for certain countries and populations to try and control their madmen right now, ....we still have the weapons, ..at least until Hillary gives the codes to Russia...
1,897
posted on
02/05/2011 9:45:44 PM PST
by
bitt
( ..Congress - either investigate Obama ...or yourselves, for complicity)
To: Velveeta
Thanks for the ping, Velveeta.
To: Cindy; Velveeta
Linked From Drudge: 2/9/11
Terror Threat ‘Most Heightened’ Since 9/11, Napolitano Says
“[We] are now operating under the assumption, based on the latest intelligence and recent arrests, that individuals prepared to carry out terrorist attacks and acts of violence might be in the United States, and they could carry out acts of violence with little or no warning,” Napolitano said.
Napolitano made the remarks before the House Homeland Security Committee, where she testified with National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/janet-napolitano-warns-terror-threat-heightened-sept-11/story?id=12874207
But, her words would be so much more meaningful if she’d close up the border.
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