A staple of the Left (to which Obama swore fealty to) in the early 1980′s, was nuclear disarmament. Of course the fact that nuclear weapons prevented World War III and a flood of Soviet tanks from rolling into Western Germany was never the issue for them. The key was that the West be vulnerable to blackmail and agression.
by Charles Krauthammer
It’s a lame-duck session. Time is running out. Unemployment is high, the economy is dangerously weak and, with five weeks to go, no one knows what tax anyone will be paying on everything from income to dividends to death when the current rates expire Jan. 1. And what is the president demanding that Congress pass as “a top priority”? To what did he devote his latest weekly radio address? Ratification of his New START treaty.
Good grief. Even among national security concerns, New START is way down at the bottom of the list. From the naval treaties of the 1920s to this day, arms control has oscillated between mere symbolism at its best to major harm at its worst, with general uselessness being the norm.
The reason is obvious. The problem is never the weapon; it is the nature of the regime controlling the weapon. That’s why no one stays up nights worrying about British nukes, while everyone worries about Iranian nukes.
In Soviet days, arms control at least could be justified as giving us something to talk about when there was nothing else to talk about, symbolically relieving tensions between mortal enemies. It could be argued that it at least had a soporific and therapeutic effect in the age of “the balance of terror.”
But in post-Soviet days? The Russians are no longer an existential threat. A nuclear exchange between Washington and Moscow is inconceivable. What difference does it make how many nukes Russia builds? If they want to spend themselves into penury creating a bloated nuclear arsenal, be our guest.
President Obama insists that New START is important as a step toward his dream of a nuclear-free world. Where does one begin? A world without nukes would be the ultimate nightmare. We voluntarily disarm while the world’s rogues and psychopaths develop nukes in secret. Just last week we found out about a hidden, unknown, highly advanced North Korean uranium enrichment facility. An ostensibly nuclear-free world would place these weapons in the hands of radical regimes that would not hesitate to use them – against a civilized world that would have given up its deterrent.
Read the rest: The irrelevance of START
Caroline Glick believes that Obama’s world is getting rocked every day and that he is as clueless as ever as to what real evil is all about.
by Caroline Glick
Crises are exploding throughout the world. And the leader of the free world is making things worse.
On the Korean peninsula, North Korea just upended eight years of State Department obfuscation by showing a team of US nuclear scientists its collection of thousands of state of the art centrifuges installed in their Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
And just to top off the show, as Stephen Bosworth, US President Barack Obama’s point man on North Korea was busily arguing that this revelation is not a crisis, the North fired an unprovoked artillery barrage at South Korea, demonstrating that actually, it is a crisis. But the Obama administration remains unmoved. On Tuesday Defense Secretary Robert Gates thanked his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young for showing “restraint.” Thursday, Kim resigned in disgrace for that restraint.
The US has spoken strongly of not allowing North Korea’s aggression to go unanswered. But in practice, its only answer is to try to tempt North Korea back to feckless multilateral disarmament talks that will go nowhere because China supports North Korean armament. Contrary to what Obama and his advisors claim, China does not share the US’s interest in denuclearizing North Korea.
Consequently, Beijing will not lift a finger to achieve that goal.
[...]
Due to this thinking, as far as the Obama administration is concerned the US should stick to its failed sanctions policy and continue its failed attempts to cut a nuclear deal with the mullahs.
As Michael Ledeen noted last week at Pajamas Media, this boilerplate assertion, backed by no evidence whatsoever is what passes for strategic wisdom in Washington as Iran completes its nuclear project. And this US refusal to understand the policy implications of popular rejection of the regime is what brings State Department wise men and women to the conclusion that the US has no dog in this fight. As State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley told the Wall Street Journal this week, the parliament’s bid to impeach Ahmadinejad was nothing more than the product of “rivalries within the Iranian government.”
Then there is Lebanon. Since Ahmadinejad’s visit last month, it is obvious that Iran is now the ruler of Lebanon and that it exerts its authority over the country through its Hizbullah proxy. Hizbullah’s open threats to overthrow Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s government if its role in assassinating his father in 2005 is officially acknowledged just make this tragic reality more undeniable. And yet, the Obama administration continues to deny that Iran controls Lebanon.
Read the rest: Rocking Obama’s World
This is my kind of topic, but after having had to fight with my liberal relatives yesterday over much of the same stuff, not sure I am up to it yet with out having a few drinks and it is kinda early for that.
@ Nevergiveup:
We’re fixing to go to breakfast. When we get back, I’ll be ready to enter the fray. Suffice it to say, if Obama is for it, that is a pretty strong reason for me to be against it. Not 100%, but very close.
Nevergiveup wrote:
I am glad to accomodate all the way from Marshall Texas. Obama’s foreign policy is as bad if not worse then Carter’s.
ADMINS: This thread and the “naked scan/crotch grope” thread got scheduled at almost the same time. Please fix this. Thanks!
Speranza wrote:
I got into a huge fight with my jackass liberal uncle yesterday. Out of nowhere he says how much he hates Bibi and his government? I asked why, what he has he done. And goes into this rant about building on the West Bank. Eventually he even said it was a bullshit issue and why is Bibi making it the big deal it is. Well Then I had to remind him it was his Obama that did that. He of course had no answer for that.
Erdogan wins Libyan human rights prize
Turkish prime minister to receive Muammar Gaddafi Prize for Human Rights next week
Ya can’t make shit like this up
Good morning, y’all.
In my experience, conservatives keep their mouths shut at gatherings with diverse political opinins; liberals don’t.
When this idiot in chief says we have to hurry up and pass legislation be very afraid.
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
{goddessoftheclassroom}
I’m never afraid to let my leanings known. People don’t argue with me much, though
@ vagabond trader:
That is definately the truth. There is nothing abot this treaty that demands haste. There is absolutely no reason for congress to reconvene next week and rush to pass this without it having been read, debated in committee, studied, and debated in the full Senate (at a minimum). It is possible that this treaty is a good thing for America. If so, it will still be a good thing for America in three months. It is also possible that this treaty is a bad thing for America. That would square with the way Obama is trying to pass it in haste without proper review. Either way, it doesn’t need to be done now. The only one in a hurry is Obama. He should be forced to cultivate patience. I hope he is going to need a lot of that over the next two years.
@ Iron Fist:
We all know that everything is hurried with this regime. Hurry up and pass shit before anyone has time to read, research or discuss it. That’s like signing a paper without reading the fine print.
@ NoThreat2U:
Siging a check without filling in who it is to, or how much it is for. That is what Obama is essentially asking for. He submitted this to the Senate, therefore they should ratify it no matter what is in it. That would be extremely foolish in light of the results of the previous election.
Iron Fist wrote:
There is one (worthless) reason; so that Obama can have a personal victory he can claim as his own.
@ Nevergiveup:
I read how Jews move into another east Jerusalem home.
It wasn’t until I read the comments that I found out what actually had happened.
@ Iron Fist:
They have to pass it to see what’s in it.
@ Iron Fist:
We are just supposed to trust his judgment. He did go to an Ivy League school, ya know?? //
Obama’s granny ‘prayed for him to become Muslim’
Honey, your prayers have been answered.
@ Iron Fist:
It is no secret his goal is a nuke free world.One of his only academic papers we have access to is about nuclear disarmament.imho,he’ll go first without any reciprocity.
@ mjazz:
Go back and read comment 11 8O…at your link.
@ NoThreat2U:
You mean 1?
@ mjazz:
I screwed that up. lol Comment #11 about the Jewish homeowners.
@ vagabond trader:
That’s as practical and probable as a gun free country.
@ mjazz:
How dare they question the right of Jews to purchase property and reside on their own G-d given land.
@ NoThreat2U:
Unfreakin believable.
(I thought you meant the Obama granny link – my bad)
I don’t think the lame duck session is even constitutional. A number of Senators have lost their reelections and therefore the consent of the govern to represent their States. At the very least this lame duck session is unethical and at worst unconstitutional.
@ vagabond trader:
What kills me is the story is written as though settlers just kicked some arabs out of their house and took it over. In fact they legally owned it and the arabs were squatters.
It wasn’t until I read the comments that I found that out.
@ mjazz:
Sorry for the confusion. I almost fell off the chair when I read that comment. Once you’re ethnically cleansed from an area you can’t comeback? WTF??
@ mjazz:
Exactly, and that is how the half baked commie thinks. Fine for a community organizer,courting disaster by a potus.
@ NoThreat2U:
To the muslim that’s probably part of their theology, like murdering non-muslims.
@ mjazz:
The anti Jew/Israel factions do not believe ANY of Israel can rightfully belong to a Jew.Unfortunately there are many quislings in the ranks.
Think for a minute about the Obama utopian vision of a nuclear
free world.
We are approx. 300M people & badly outnumbered by potential
enemies. A totally nuclear free world is unrealistic , but it
would also no be a good thing for us.
@ mjazz:
It was just weird to hear it outright. Like she was pissed they were ethnically cleansed but not for ever. Just weird.
Alright who did it? Who’s the raaaaacist?
So I wonder if the regime will disappear the guy who hit Teh Won in the mouth? lol
@ RIX:
I was here the whole time. My cats can vouch for me.
@ mjazz:
@ vagabond trader:
One of the problems with progressives is that they do not believe that there are evil people. Therefore they focus on “things” e.g. guns, bombs, and ‘fast food’ that make good people do bad things. To a progressive there are only bad things, never any bad people. (unless you are a rightwinger)
@ Da_Beerfreak:
No, some people are just straight up evil and should be removed from society. I would have to disagree with the progs.
goddessoftheclassroom wrote:
In my experience, liberals completely ignore evidence which refutes their position.
For instance, I’ve debated the Iraq War with libs who always say “Bush lied about WMDs”. I respond to this by citing Clinton’s 1998 attack against Iraq in 1998 for WMDs, and ask if they think Clinton lied. I’ve done this with four different libs and none of them has ever answered the question directly. I printed out the CNN article (linked above), and they would not anknowledge it. They ignore that which doesn’t fit the dogma. Goes to show that leftism is a godless religion.
@ Da_Beerfreak:
I’m a bit more cynical. The left thinks only they are good people,the rest are potential useful idiots or cannon fodder.
@ vagabond trader:
He wants America nuke-free. That is what the “Nuclear Disarmament” crowd have always advocated. They never pressed the USSR for unilateral cuts to demonstrate good will towards the United States. They don’t have a problem with a nuclear armed Iran. Just America. Their motives are transparent to anyone who is willing to see.
I for one am tired of the “lead by example” crowd. Screw it, I want power and might. Beat our enemies into submission.
@ RIX:
Damn, but isn’t that a fight to get a tattoo on your arm over? I sent the President of the United States to the emergency room when he got in my way…
@ Iron Fist:
Exactly! The nuke free world is bs,just the bad old USA,the root of all evil,esp since we are the only ones who ever used a nuke.
NoThreat2U wrote:
You and I have known that all our lives. It’s the progressives that have faulty thinking on that issue.
@ RIX:
I guess you will just have to take my word for it.
You got a point there. Evil kittehs
@ vagabond trader:
So far. You have to give the Iranins time, and they’ll notonly catch up with us, but go far beyond anything that we have done. That is why Obama is giving them time. He wants to watch the fireworks.
@ Da_Beerfreak:
I think that deep down they know it too. They just choose to overlook it, hoping it will benefit them in some way.
@ Iron Fist:
Like, replace the Stars and Stripes with that of a sitting duck.
vagabond trader wrote:
I’m very cynical myself. I should have said “anyone that disagrees with them” instead of just “rightwinger”. The left hates a lot of people besides us.
lol,I’m going to he11 for this but hoping he has some important screed to impart so we can laugh at his disfigured mug.
@ NoThreat2U:
I want to lead by example. We should be the foremost military in the world. We need more of everything. We need to modernize our nuclear forces, including the “micro-nukes” program that President Bush wisely tried to persue (only to be quashed by RINOs *cough*John McCain*cough* who were reaching across the aisle to the anti-Americans), more aircraft, mor aircraft carriers, more missiles, mor subs, more marines, more soldiers…
@ vagabond trader:
We’ll all be called racists if anyone laughs at his fat lip. lol
@ Iron Fist:
We are talking two different “examples” here. I don’t want to lead by the moralistic high road examples. I want to kick some ass.
@ NoThreat2U:
Hahahahahahahahaha,I thought it,you said it!
@ vagabond trader:
Yep, I did!
I bet Obi didn’t even get hurt playing basketball. His mother in law probably clocked him one for being such a sissy.
@ NoThreat2U:
You’re bad
@ mjazz:
I know. Aint it great?
@ NoThreat2U:
Sasha bitch-slapped him for being such a pussy. She’s going to take after her mom…
ROFLMAO***************** Well I wasn’t gonna go there. LOL
Maybe he didnt even take a shot to the mouth. Maybe he bit his lip instead of biting the pillow
OK, I’ll be good now.
@ NoThreat2U:
Whoa!
@ mjazz:
I couldn’t resist.
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It is one of those life affirming expeiences
@ NoThreat2U:
Think he had a secret summit with L’il Kim? That does seem to be how he’s going to handle the Korean situation. BOHICA America, the Obamanation that Brings Desolation is large and in charge!
Will the cats agree to a lie detector?
Please don’t try to leave the country until this is
cleared up.
@ Iron Fist:
ROFLMAO**************
It’s just a beautiful thing.
If he was playing one on one with Palin, that would be the best.
@ RIX:
You know, I bet Obama never had anybody do anything like that to him before. It is a good lesson for him. Who knows? Maybe it knocked some sense into him?
@ RIX:
I’m gonna lawyer up!!!!!!!!!!!
brb
I just read that Saudi Arabia didn’t let Hamas go to Syria after doing their pilgrimage bit.
So how did Abraham build the Kaaba if Mecca didn’t even exist then?
Why would Jews remove scriptural references to this ( Islam’s “corrupted scriptures” card)if Islam hadn’t even been invented yet?
This is from the Man who reads Navy Corpse Man off the teleprompter, twice.
This Man thinks there are 58 states.
This Man, our President, takes how long to find a dog?
Look, just don’t get a dog, do the animal a favor.
I am told President Obama is of superior intelligence and DNA is the product of blind chance.
@ NoThreat2U:
Very suspicious.
“Here kitty kitty, want some catnip?”
Although, the things that President Obama has said do not begin to make Him look as foolish and simple as His actions.
@ unspecial:
Hannity had Bobby Jindal on and Jindal was saying how Obama came down and started chewing him out for making him look bad.
He said all he had done was send the government some notices that his citizens affected by this would probably need assistance such as food stamps, which is par for the course in such situations.
He.Doesn’t.Know.What.To.Do.
@ mjazz:
Neither did Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot, but they didn’t destroy thier country, just killed off sizeable chunks of the citizenry.
He probably never did, becuase he wouldn’t board in high school.
Whoever did it to him , Yeah Baby!
U.S.: Wikileaks release will put lives in danger
Warning follows American calls on Israel and other allies to prepare for embarrassment from exposure of classfified documents.
Someone really has to kill this guy
@ Nevergiveup:
I must confess, that similar thoughts have crossed my mind.
He has got to be stopped somehow.
citizen_q wrote:
What give this asshole the right to release classified documents from around the world. And ya notice he ain’t releasing anything from China or Russia? I can’t believe this guy is still breathing
@ Nevergiveup:
Yeah, I don’t understand it. He is a clear and present danger. We should whack him. I don’t know why Obama hasn’t had him in the Oval Office. Given him a medal or something. Maybe even bowed…
Every time I read Krauthammer, I understand why he is now one of the reviled over at the dhimmi blog.
He’s got 50 or 80 IQ points on most of the dhimmi ass kissers.
And that says it all.
Nevergiveup wrote:
You notice he’s staying clear of doing the same to Russia or China…because they would kill him in the blink of an eye.
@ Nevergiveup:
Why do I get the strong feeling that State and this administration are not all that concerned.
@ Nevergiveup:
ooops…just read that.
Thinking alike on this.
refugee000 wrote:
I wouldn’t be surprised to find he is a Soviet agent. (it’s still the evil empire to me)
vagabond trader wrote:
Probably correct, but now he is about to piss off the Israelis. I don’t think they will be as forgiving
Anyone see this little ditty? What,an audit if we contribute to the “wrong” Israeli charity?
@ Nevergiveup:
He knows they would off him and not shed a tear. Scum like this can only get away with this by attacking the civilized, and normally only to a point.
@ Nevergiveup:
It makes you miss the good old days when someone like him felt a pinprick while walking on a european street…and then had an unfortunate heart attack a few seconds later.
@ refugee000:
Or developed a bad dose of radiation poisoning after sipping a martini in a West End cafe’
You know, it seems obvious, but all this “leaking” is occurring under the Hussein administration.
I wonder if he even sees it as a problem?
Greetings everyone, hope you all had wunnerful thanksgivings!
Saw a bumper sticker today I thought you would enjoy.
When it Absolutely
Positively
Has to be
Destroyed Overnight
The United States Marine Corps
Politically, This is a lose-lose proposition for Obama. If the Senate doesn’t ratify, he loses. If it does, he loses for not concentrating on jobs, etc.
@ refugee000:
His flunkies are probably feeding the info to this mutt.Yeah,I’m that cynical.
OT:
Violence flares up between drug cartels and police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…
@ vagabond trader:
Yes, I saw that earlier and commented on it.
The IRS is a favorite tool of the demonrats again their enemies.
The below questions are stunning.
Do we support the existence of the land of Israel? Does this person even know what a Jew is?
Describe our organization’s religious belief system toward the land of Israel? Easily found in the the Trorah and throughout the Jewish Cannon.
I hope this is a wake-up call to all those Jews who still support leftists, progressives and demonrats though that may be redundant.
Nevergiveup wrote:
He knows he’ll be taken out if he reveals classified documents from, say, Venezuela or North Korea or PRC or Syria or Gaza or Myanmar or Libya or Sudan or Iran or Indonesia, so instead he takes a treasonous route and betrays US…
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Congress Moves Decisively During Busy Lame Duck Session to Honor Hobosyour busy, busy Congress pushes aside major tax legislation (it’s not even on the schedule) in order to address the vital National Homeless Persons Memorial Day issue.
@ Iron Fist:
I agree, no need to rush to ratify. If the treaty is straight, it will pass even with moire GOP Senators. If its flawed, then it will be rejected. The next Senate should be the one to ratify.
@ citizen_q:
Yeah,it is offensive. Can you imagine them asking similar questions of those who contribute to anti American fronts like TUC? The first family used to be generous donors iirc.
@ Philip_Daniel:
He’s a Leftist chump. He is supporting the enemy.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
No, it’s quite constitutional, if a relatively recent innovation except in time of emergency. And a sitting senator who lost his bid for re-election is still a sitting senator until his term expires. That is in the constitution. In fact, it is doubtful if a state law allowing recall of a sitting senator, proposed in several state legislatures, would pass constitutional muster. My bet is “No.”
vagabond trader wrote:
His goal is a nuke free Western world.
NoThreat2U wrote:
A fat lip to go with his fat ego.
@ Speranza:
….and his wife’s fat ass. Yes, I am petty like that.
@ Philip_Daniel:
He only releases our documents because those are the ones handed to him.
Someone should start looking into how he gets paid, what version the documents are that get released and who he talks to.
Then the Dems would wack him before they are exposed.
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NoThreat2U wrote:
Michelle Antoinette is not a very attractive looking woman.