Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 09/27/2009 9:20:57 AM PDT by jazusamo
When it comes to the nuclear-weapons issue, President Obama wants to be a global community organizer. However, what we really need are some tough beat cops with a mandate to clean up the neighborhood.
On Thursday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by the United States that calls upon, urges, encourages, but does not require U.N. member states to take various actions to curb the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Mr. Obama chaired the meeting and pressed the vision of a nuclear-weapons-free world that he had introduced in April. In the practical world of counterproliferation, the president is making little progress in dissuading Iran from building nuclear weapons, has rewarded serial proliferator North Korea with bilateral negotiations and is silent on Venezuela's announced intention to start a nuclear program.
The president's "no nukes" stance makes a nice bumper sticker, but achieving it will take more than feel-good rhetoric. French President Nicolas Sarkozy objected to the fact that the Security Council resolution did not mention Iran and North Korea, currently the two greatest problem states. "We live in a real world," Mr. Sarkozy said, "not a virtual world." But Mr. Obama said he did not want to single out any particular country. After all, we might offend them. It says something when France demonstrates a stronger international leadership role than the United States and well illustrates the style-over-substance approach of the Obama administration. Mr. Sarkozy wants results; Mr. Obama seeks applause.
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Hey Obama,,,,What a stupid, stupid statement....
When I negotiate with my children about anything - bedtime, curfew, allowance, chores - they push me to my absolute limit. When I set absolute, rigid boundaries, they know the limits and abide by the rules.
Negotiating doesn’t work with children and it doesn’t work with terrorist states. The POTUS must set rigid, inflexible boundaries and enforce them. That’s the only action that Iran and North Korea will respect and honor.
Not if you can get the whole SRM to chant "la-la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you" along with you.
Good points, Obama knows and cares little about foreign policy. He’ll never draw lines in the sand because he believes making nice to people who threaten millions of lives will win them over. As you say, those people will not respect him, they only laugh at him behind his back and will demand more concessions.
We had two world wars, before nuclear weapons, with estimated deaths of 75-100 million(?). Since 1945, there have only been regional conflicts (some had super power sponsors), with conventional weapons, with death totals in the low millions.
I strongly doubt the various major powers would not have invaded their neighbors if they were not threatened with a nuclear response from USA or NATO. I believe the Russians would have invaded western Europe if they had any inkling they could have survived. (USMC 1974-1981)
"The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balane would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside . . . . Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them . . . the weak will become prey to the strong." - Thomas Paine (1727-1809)
On the other hand, Sarkozy seemed to have the correct assessment of the situation when made his assessment.
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