Thoughts & Commentary on the Obama Administration

[Marshal Murat]

Obama prepares to call for an end to nuclear weapons

During his visit to Prague, the President met with several key Czech leaders. The meeting ended quickly, the men inside stricken with blindness. An Obama aide said about the meeting, "Obama raised his arms above his head, and shouted unto the Lord, our God, 'There shalt be no more nuclear weaponry!' and thus it was so. For God on High is almighty, the Creator of Heaven and Earth."

Bad and impractical idea that I don't understand.

[CountArach]

Obama prepares to call for an end to nuclear weapons

Bad and impractical idea that I don't understand.

No more Nuclear weapons = Bad idea...

I don't follow.

[seireikhaan]

No nuclear weapons = no threat of reciprocal destruction in war.

However, corollary to that is

No nuclear weapons = no terrorist organization using them on nation states.

[CountArach]

No nuclear weapons = no threat of reciprocal destruction in war.

Good, we might actually start looking for real diplomacy that isn't at the barrel of a gun then.

No nuclear weapons = no terrorist organization using them on nation states.

Spot on.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Good, we might actually start looking for real diplomacy that isn't at the barrel of a gun then.

On the contrary, that is what forced us to keep using diplomacy.

[seireikhaan]

Maniac is quite correct, CA. For the first time in human history, every person had reason to avoid war at all possible costs. Because, for the first time in human history, that war could be the end of humanity.

HOWEVER, that does not mean that we shouldn't be drawing nuclear arsenals. When the US can, by itself, blow the entire world to bits without even needing "help" from the rest of the world on the task, there's something not quite right. Nobody should logically need more than a dozen nuclear bombs, let alone hundreds or thousands.

[Lemur]

Does anybody else think that this "universal disarmament" talk (which ain't gonna happen, as Obama well knows) is a ploy aimed in the direction of a certain country that really, really wants to join the nuclear club? (Cough, cough, Iran, cough, cough.)

[Shaka_Khan]

I wonder how Obama will handle the "Axis of Evil". It's too early to tell.

Meanwhile, the increasing number of American gun crime is getting freaky.

[CountArach]

For the first time in human history, every person had reason to avoid war at all possible costs. Because, for the first time in human history, that war could be the end of humanity.

I don't know about you, but I think there have been quite a few wars since WWII...

[Marshal Murat]

Where would the nuclear weapons be stored or destroyed? What happens to all that uranium and other radioactive materials?
The idea that we can, peacefully, remove all nuclear weapons and prevent them from being built again to me is the height of optimism. While Obama could remove most major nuclear weaponry, to me it is highly suspect that every nation will move in this direction and it is also highly suspect that terrorists or other guerrilla groups won't figure out the basic method of nuclear weapon creation.

I think it's similar to the Kellogg-Briand Pact that "outlawed war", which sounds nice, but how can we take back something that has already occurred?