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Originally posted by Mirthful Me
Evidently...
BHO isn't familiar with the concept of deterrence. The thought that a WMD strike on the US could result in nothing more than a UN resolution sickens me. The threat of unmitigated wrath and fury being unleashed keeps the animal states in line... Not the surrender in advance strategy...
Originally posted by Alien Mind
You seem to not understand that it invites others to nuke us because they now know that we won't launch nukes back.
...except if the attack is by a nuclear state, or a nonsignatory or violator of the nonproliferation treaty.
Originally posted by MrAlwaiz
DOD definition of treason :Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state; betrayal of one's country.
Can some of you please elaborate on how President Obama has committed treason by his latest announcement?
Originally posted by jibeho
Originally posted by kinda kurious
......But the president said in an interview that he was carving out an exception for “outliers like Iran and North Korea” that have violated or renounced the main treaty to halt nuclear proliferation.....
.....I suppose this document is a living and breathing entity that can simply be altered to suit Obama's crisis de jour. OK General X out N.Korea and insert Venezuela.....Life doesn't work that way nor does reality.....
Originally posted by NoJoker13
reply to post by UncivilCivilian
Sure because you could name for me and exact point in time where the US has "made up" a reason to use a nuclear devise?? As far as I know we only dropped two in wartime and it has never EVER happened again. So as we can use the law of averages to produce a number there wasn't a nuclear bomb drop for 4.5 billion years on Earth and since there has only been an incidence of this happening once, the law of averages would tell us the next probable time would be 4.5 billion years away. If you really think the US is so trigger happy why haven't we nuked the middle east yet? Better yet why didn't we nuke Russia, when we may have had this "reason" you speak of? Why not nuke during desert storm? Why not nuke during Vietnam? Well thats enough I think I proved your point.... POINTLESS.
[edit on 6-4-2010 by NoJoker13]
Originally posted by BuffaloJoe
Originally posted by MrAlwaiz
DOD definition of treason :Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state; betrayal of one's country.
Can some of you please elaborate on how President Obama has committed treason by his latest announcement?
I'd be a liar if I said I thought any country was not willing to use biological weapons simply because prior to this announcement the US might possibly nuke them in response.
However, in a military chess match, the more you have up your sleeve, the better your position. The only reward for announcing this was for Obama to stroke his own ego.
Hell, I'd be very happy if we (the US) destroyed every nuclear weapon we own. On the other hand, I'd be very disappointed if we told anybody that we did that. No one needed to know about this. The statement has now revealed a potential weakness in our defensive stance.
We are now of the following policy; Okay World, here's your opportunity, if you can arrange and carry out a nation and military crippling biological attack, we're yours for the taking. Is that treasonous? Maybe not.
Hypothetically, let's just say that tomorrow, in wake of this news a biological attack happens that takes out 110-million Americans. Was it then a treasonous statement?