Hi Everybody,

http://article.nationalreview.com/430831/nuclear-posturing-obama-style/charles-krauthammer

Nuclear Posturing, Obama Style

There is no greater spur to hyperproliferation than the furling of the 
American nuclear umbrella.

Nuclear doctrine consists of thinking the unthinkable. It involves 
making threats and promising retaliation that is cruel and destructive 
beyond imagining. But it has its purpose: to prevent war in the first place.

During the Cold War, we let the Russians know that if they dared use 
their huge conventional military advantage and invaded Western Europe, 
they risked massive U.S. nuclear retaliation. Goodbye Moscow.

Was this credible? Would we have done it? Who knows? No one’s ever been 
there. A nuclear posture is just that — a declaratory policy designed to 
make the other guy think twice. (excerpt)
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Pete
http://pete-theisen.com/
http://elect-pete-theisen.com/

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