McCain: US, China could stop making nuke bomb fuel

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[mnehring]

DENVER (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain called Tuesday for talks with China to negotiate a temporary halt to production of nuclear weapons-grade material and with Russia on a new treaty to destroy more nuclear weapons.

"Today we deploy thousands of nuclear warheads," McCain said. "It is my hope to move as rapidly as possible to a significantly smaller force." He did not set a specific goal but said the number would be consistent with U.S. security and global commitments.

Cautioning against relying solely on force or merely on talks, McCain proposed a bipartisan push to strengthen a broad array of international arms treaties and nuclear monitoring. And he criticized past administrations, both Democratic and Republican, for failing to halt the spread of nuclear weapons

[mnehring]

I so hoped this election would mean the end of hippies.. guess not..

[SolidWood]

Full-blown discussion on the subject at following thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2022016/posts?

[chainsaw]

talks with China to negotiate a temporary halt to production of nuclear weapons-grade material and with Russia on a new treaty to destroy more nuclear weapons.

The age old question shows it head here. How do you confirm that all sides are complying with the agreement?

[cripplecreek]

Well maybe he can convince the UN to come up with a fitting punishment for us. LOL

[RetiredArmy]

McCain is an idiot. And I am going to be FORCED to vote for this global warming nutt case for president to keep the communist pig Obama and the bitch Hillary out of the White House. This is just danged great. I am forced to vote for the almost lesser evit to keep out the total evil. Some freaking choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Why not address something that IS a problem instead of something that IS NOT a problem?

[massgopguy]

“Okay Lamaar, it’s the end of the line.” - Sheriff Bart
“But I am unarmed.” - Hedley Lamaar
“Okay, then we’ll settle this like men.” - Sheriff Bart (takes off gun belt)
“Oh, I just remembered...I AM armed. - Hedley

[mkjessup]

"Today we deploy thousands of nuclear warheads...It is my hope to move as rapidly as possible to a significantly smaller force."

NO Sydney, NO!

We don't want a SMALLER force, we want a LARGER force, don't you GET IT?!?!?

We want to keep building more and more nuclear warheads and the delivery systems to get them to their objectives, until we've got at least 10 of 'em for each and every Islamofascist target, plenty for the ChiComs, AND the damn crypto-Soviet Russians, a few for Chavez and those Marxists down south, and a healthy reserve for those subversive drug smugglers and criminals down old Mexico way too.

The larger, the greater number of threats, the larger we want that blessed Arsenal of Democracy, you remember that don't you?

Judas Priest, what's wrong with this guy!??!

[mnehring]

We want to keep building more and more nuclear warheads and the delivery systems to get them to their objectives, until we've got at least 10 of 'em for each and every Islamofascist target....

You really like to take things way out beyond reality don't ya?

[marron]

a temporary halt to production of nuclear weapons-grade material

I haven't forgotten, even if genius has, that North Korea built its nukes while IAEA was sitting for 10 years watching the place where they weren't building them.

And I haven't forgotten, even if genius has, that neither IAEA nor CIA ever found out about anyone's nukes in time to do anything about them. India? Pakistan? Libya?

And if we do know about them, what? Nothing. We do nothing. Iran is on the way, and all we do is sit around and talk about how its no big deal, if you're a leftist, or darn I wish Israel would hurry and do something about it, if you're a rightist.

[abigailsmybaby]

CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

Looks to me like McCain is doing his part to further communist goals.

[RetiredArmy]

No arguments from me. It just burns my @$$ that I am going to have to vote for this moron to keep Obama out of the White House. Some choice. Great. This idiot for my President. Just freaking great. Simply, the 2d coming of Jimmy Carter. McScream will be a total bust as prez, if he does not die in office first.

[abigailsmybaby]

It’s truly a disgusting situation. I’ll be skipping the presidential race but voting for any conservatives than I can down-ticket. I can’t bring myself to vote for him for any reason. I just don’t see a big enough difference amongst the 3 of them.

[cake_crumb]

Great, now he’s channeling Kissinger. He really needs to learn to quit while he doesn’t look like TOO much of an idiot.

[cake_crumb]

"How do you confirm that all sides are complying with the agreement?"

Gorsh, dontcha just call Hans Blix and ElBaradei?

[cake_crumb]

"McCain is an idiot. And I am going to be FORCED to vote for this global warming nutt case for president to keep the communist pig Obama and the bitch Hillary out of the White House. This is just danged great. I am forced to vote for the almost lesser evit to keep out the total evil. Some freaking choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1"

If it's any comfort, you're not alone :-(

[cake_crumb]

"Why not address something that IS a problem instead of something that IS NOT a problem?"

Because that may be construed as racist.

[cake_crumb]

Actually, he’s got a point. It’s called “mutual assured destruction” and it worked with the Soviet union. The Great Man, President Ronald Reagan, took a few threes and turned them into a royal flush, Gorbachev bought it, and thus Star Wars actually became reality...twenty years later, AND Mr. Gorbachev DID tear down that wall. We were NOWHERE CLOSE to the necessary technology to make good on President Reagan’s threats back in the Eighties. Never forget that. It was the most brilliant piece of diplomacy in human history, and as a socioanthropologist, I am qualified to posit that opinion.

[cake_crumb]

"No arguments from me. It just burns my @$$ that I am going to have to vote for this moron to keep Obama out of the White House. Some choice. Great. This idiot for my President."

He'll stay the course in the WOT. I've studied terrorism for over 35 years, and do a lot of political analysis, it just happened when I got into politics. If there is one thing I can say with an earnestly straight face, it's that he'll stay the course in the WOT; and you WANT to be alive to b*tch about what you don't like, yes??

"Simply, the 2d coming of Jimmy Carter. McScream will be a total bust as prez, if he does not die in office first."

Hardly.

THIS is the Second Coming of Jimmy Carter, complete with Hamas and "talks" with the mad mullahs of Iran.

[cake_crumb]

"I haven't forgotten, even if genius has, that North Korea built its nukes while IAEA was sitting for 10 years watching the place where they weren't building them."

ALSO thanks to Clinton appointing Jimmy Carter, and Hans Blix, formerly head of the IAEA - ElBaradei was his sidekick at the time, seem familiar?? - who whined EVEN THEN, LONG BEFORE IRAQ, about not enough info, lack of access and planning 5 year inspection tours.