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HoosierCowboy

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12. We need to rethink..

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 10:45 AM

Oct 2014

... our strategy of deterence. Fixed land based ICBMs are becoming the equivalent of the Maginot Line. Survivability, not first strike capabilities are the key to deterence.
There's another point, as to what we need to deter, Russia? China? Risk management infers that those who won't suffer the consequences (NGOs) are the most likely to use nukes.

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Obama Promised a "World Without Nuclear Weapons," But May Now Spend $3 Trillion on Weapons Upgrades [View all] bananas Oct 2014 OP

Link to full transcript bananas Oct 2014 #1

The sort of saving grace is there won't be three more decades... ballyhoo Oct 2014 #2

Article says on pace to spend this over the next 30 years, so kind of misleading, and 1 trillion. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #3

Yes, I saw that. I didn't understand the post when ballyhoo Oct 2014 #4

of course it's misleading--its intent is to bash the president, not to be truthful uhnope Oct 2014 #5

he didn't "promise" any such thing. This is RWNJ talk uhnope Oct 2014 #6

Oh really? NealK Oct 2014 #8

Someone will spray paint "Obama's Promise" on one of those. More appropropriate than they know. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2014 #7

We can't spend money on anything else but we have 3 TRILLION for nukes???? WTF!!! Initech Oct 2014 #9

SILLY. This is just NONSENSE. BTW, the Prez can't spend anything. CONGRESS does. RBInMaine Oct 2014 #10

So he'll veto it? Scuba Oct 2014 #11

We need to rethink.. HoosierCowboy Oct 2014 #12