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Former Security Officials to Obama: Cancel Nuke Cuts
Free Beacon ^ | 2/22/13 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 02/22/2013 2:47:28 PM PST by Nachum

A group of 18 former military and national security officials wrote to President Barack Obama on Friday urging the administration to cancel plans for further cuts in United States nuclear warheads, warning that new arms reductions would undermine U.S. security.

The ex-officials, including two former members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated in the letter to Obama that North Korea’s recent underground nuclear test, and concerns about growing Pyongyang-Tehran nuclear arms cooperation, undermines any further disarmament sought by the president.

“In our professional judgment, born of decades of experience with national security policy and practice, America’s ‘triad’ of nuclear-armed land-based and submarine-launched missiles and bomber-delivered nuclear weapons have promoted strategic stability and discouraged proliferation,” the former officials stated.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; cuts; disarmament; gertz; nationalsecurity; nuke; officials; security
Full title: Former Security Officials to Obama: Cancel Nuke Cuts New arms reductions could undermine U.S. security, former military and national security officials warn in letter
1 posted on 02/22/2013 2:47:37 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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2 posted on 02/22/2013 2:48:59 PM PST by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

And this isn’t a major headline anywhere. Liberals will get us killed, that is what they do, no exaggeration.


3 posted on 02/22/2013 2:49:28 PM PST by Williams (No Obama)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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4 posted on 02/22/2013 2:50:00 PM PST by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: generalissimoduane

Ping for Mr. H

“I don’t like you becuase you are going to get me killed!”


5 posted on 02/22/2013 3:03:54 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Williams

BO won’t even read the letter. It doesn’t go with his world view no matter what. He is stubborn to the point of stupidity. Arrogant and insecure all at once.


6 posted on 02/22/2013 3:04:28 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Nachum
I find it odd that we are concerned with 'spending' on Nukes, yet our leaders want us to spend a hundred times that on trying to change the temperature of the planet.

Why not kill two birds with one stone, and save a ton of money? ?

If it gets colder, just shoot off a couple of nukes and it will warm things up.

It if gets warmer, shoot off about a hundred of them, and it will cloud up and drop the temperature worldwide rather quickly.

Isn't technology wonderful?

7 posted on 02/22/2013 3:26:41 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Nachum

I take comfort knowing that Nancy Pelosi’s district would be ground zero for a North Korean nuclear missile. Can someone put a bull’s eye on her roof with a taunting message in Korean..Bet you can’t hit this.


8 posted on 02/22/2013 2:42:53 PM PST by The Great RJ
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“.............Liberals will get us killed, that is what they do, no exaggeration.”

Absolutely. NO exaggeration whatsoever.


9 posted on 02/22/2013 2:54:22 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Nachum

Anyone got a guess to where the thresh hold is at? Where you lose effective counter strike ability?

Can we even mount specials on tomahawks? Do we even have ALCMs that fly specials? Why bother with the Viginia Class if the 100 cruise missles dont wear nukes or that we dont have atomics to fit to them? I heard we only have about 700 warheads that are deployable....If each mirv holds 5 on a trident thats only 120 missles!

We are weak. We are very weak. When I grew up we seemed to think it could happen any day, our leaders today dont think about it happening at all. Why in the world couldnt we fall victim to a nuclear pearl harbor?
As an aside I did see a picture from the Russian meteorite incendent where a multi storie building was partialy knocked down and black smoke rising....Was that evidence of a deployed russian ABM system?


10 posted on 02/22/2013 3:16:21 PM PST by 3clean
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To: Williams
Do you think they don’t realize that they will be killed, too? Or are they all proponents of the Human Distinction Program, owing to the mess mankind has visited on Mother Earth? There is NO LOGIC in ANY Liberal argument!
11 posted on 02/22/2013 3:52:01 PM PST by originalbuckeye (Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy)
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To: originalbuckeye

Yes they believe their leftist nonsense and they are so used to getting away with it they figure they will be among the privileged to escape any consequences. They are idiots and if you’ve ever worked with any of them they never acknowledge any of their disasterous mistakes.


12 posted on 02/22/2013 8:18:23 PM PST by Williams (No Obama)
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To: Williams; Jim Robinson
"...Liberals will get us killed, that is what they do, no exaggeration..."

But they missed, Williams! Now, we get to do them in.

How we do it is up to us ............................................................................. FRegards

13 posted on 02/23/2013 3:07:01 PM PST by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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