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TERRORISM and COUNTERTERRORISM: News, INFORMATION & Analysis #2
Free Republic | 4/11/2010 | FReeper Collaboration

Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta

TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM
      News, INFORMATION & Analysis

Obama amputates our nuclear arms

By: Charles Krauthammer

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Under President Obama’s 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. It’s 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: sheik yerbouty; All; Aria; Ax; ~Kim4VRWC's~; ~Peter; 1035rep; 2ndDivisionVet; 3D-JOY; ...

WOW!

http://www.noiri.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-unlikeable-mitt-romney.html


3,921 posted on 10/13/2012 11:15:10 PM PDT by FARS (Be Healthy, Happy and Thrive!)
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To: FARS
What say you?

I wouldn't put it past Obama. . "The end justifies the means." It's going to be a real nail biter from now until November 6 just waiting to see what he might pull. . especially if Romney continues up in the polls. . . The idiots who voted him in are responsible for almost destroying our Sacred Republic. . . November 6 can't get here soon enough.

3,922 posted on 10/13/2012 11:38:48 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: FARS
OBA-HUSSEIN-KHOMEINI WITHDREW PROTECTION AS PART OF A PLAN TO CREATE A 1979 TEHRAN HOSTAGE TYPE SITUATION THAT WOULD DISTRACT NOVEMBER VOTERS AND ALLOW HIM A PLATFORM TO BECOME A NATIONAL HERO

I concur. With this and more sinister scenarios as well.

Over time I have lost some good sources - in reality they were burned

have you noticed since Labor Day Weekend, the drying up of whistleblowers and insiders? Same thing on these shores...

3,923 posted on 10/13/2012 11:41:37 PM PDT by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: FARS

I’ve been saying it smells like a wag the dog gone wrong.


3,924 posted on 10/14/2012 12:44:42 AM PDT by bgill
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To: FARS

Thanks for the Ping. NICE.


3,925 posted on 10/14/2012 1:07:58 AM PDT by Flotsam_Jetsome ("Obama": His entire life is Photoshopped.)
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To: FARS

I think Benghazi was supposed to be a false flag. We were to supposed to stop it and zero would be a hero. It backfired. I also think it was the Mideast version of fast and furious.


3,926 posted on 10/14/2012 4:05:31 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: FARS

That can’t be too far-fetched. It occurred to me immediately when I read that there was no protection in place.


3,927 posted on 10/14/2012 5:16:51 AM PDT by ThanhPhero (Khach hanh huong den La Vang)
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To: FARS

That was a great link.
I didn’t know Mitt refused to be paid to be Gov. of Mass.
Many interesting facts at that site.

Mitt’s Saturday afternoon speech in Ohio was fantastic.
I heard shades of Reagan when he talked about the heart of America and the shining city on a hill.


3,928 posted on 10/14/2012 10:17:34 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Psalm 37:3 "Trust in The Lord.")
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To: FARS

That theory sounds totally plausible.


3,929 posted on 10/14/2012 10:19:37 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Psalm 37:3 "Trust in The Lord.")
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To: FARS; MestaMachine; KC_Lion; Godzilla; Domestic Church; dragonblustar; Oorang; jersey117; ...
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Excerpted from comment # 3,911:

Perhaps it is a jaundiced view of the extent of Obama’s treachery BUT MY ANALYSIS OF THE EVENTS IS THAT OBA-HUSSEIN-KHOMEINI WITHDREW PROTECTION AS PART OF A PLAN TO CREATE A 1979 TEHRAN HOSTAGE TYPE SITUATION THAT WOULD DISTRACT NOVEMBER VOTERS AND ALLOW HIM A PLATFORM TO BECOME A NATIONAL HERO - but it went wrong when his intended hostages were killed - cutting short the nefarious self-serving strategy.

Thanks, FARS.

3,930 posted on 10/14/2012 10:51:13 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

However, his muslim brotherhood buddies may provide him the opportunity to send in a SEAL team so that he may claim victory over the bad guys again and crown him hero and savior of the American people. I figure it will happen a week before E day.


3,931 posted on 10/14/2012 12:18:38 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Art in Idaho
The very high tech pilotless UAV reportedly brought down and captured by Iran was a PRE-PLANNED GIFT from Obama to the Mullahs to update Iran’s ability to penetrate Israel stealthily.

The capture - intact - looked strange. But how could a give away be kept secret? How many people would have to be involved?

3,932 posted on 10/14/2012 12:34:54 PM PDT by GOPJ (You only establish a feel for the line by having crossed it. - - Freeper One Name)
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To: FARS
...BUT MY ANALYSIS OF THE EVENTS IS THAT OBA-HUSSEIN-KHOMEINI WITHDREW PROTECTION AS PART OF A PLAN TO CREATE A 1979 TEHRAN HOSTAGE TYPE SITUATION THAT WOULD DISTRACT NOVEMBER VOTERS AND ALLOW HIM A PLATFORM TO BECOME A NATIONAL HERO - but it went wrong when his intended hostages were killed...

Tell more - who exactly was the intended hostage or hostages?

3,933 posted on 10/14/2012 12:37:11 PM PDT by GOPJ (You only establish a feel for the line by having crossed it. - - Freeper One Name)
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To: FARS

agreed.


3,934 posted on 10/14/2012 12:37:41 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: FARS
Absolutely believable.
3,935 posted on 10/14/2012 2:12:24 PM PDT by fanfan ("But if Muslims were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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To: LucyT

Applying the same principals of Fast & Furious...


3,936 posted on 10/14/2012 2:30:25 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: FARS

Trotta: Seal Team Raid Week Before Election?
Fox News Live | 10/14/12

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2944661/posts?page=1


3,937 posted on 10/14/2012 2:35:17 PM PDT by fanfan ("But if Muslims were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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To: FARS

Plausible and likely...but as everything the Won touches, it turns to merd...


3,938 posted on 10/14/2012 4:12:29 PM PDT by Shady (Hey, King Bozo Osmocote....you can't hide the truth anymore..)
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To: GOPJ

The ambassador who dried


3,939 posted on 10/14/2012 5:00:54 PM PDT by FARS (Be Healthy, Happy and Thrive!)
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To: FARS

Thanks for the ping!


3,940 posted on 10/14/2012 7:51:37 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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