WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, The Associated Press has learned.
Even the most modest option now under consideration would be an historic and politically bold disarmament step in a presidential election year, although the plan is in line with President Barack Obama’s 2009 pledge to pursue the elimination of nuclear weapons.
No final decision has been made, but the administration is considering at least three options for lower total numbers of deployed strategic nuclear weapons cutting to around 1,000 to 1,100, 700 to 800, or 300 to 400, according to a former government official and a congressional staffer. Both spoke on condition of anonymity in order to reveal internal administration deliberations.
The potential cuts would be from a current treaty limit of 1,550 deployed strategic warheads.
This is insane, unless you go with my theory that Obama wants to destroy America as a World Power. Then it makes sense. This would potentially reduce our stockpiles to levels on par with Britain and France (and Israel, for that matter). This would be a low enough level for a determined Enemy to be able to reach parity fairly quickly once stocks of fissionables were available and the technical hurdles were overcome (read Iran). Obama is the most dangerous President the United States has ever had. It will take us decades to recover from his first term. If he is given a Second Term, we may never recover.
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