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China-Japan-Koreas
Japanese Newspaper - US may pull tactical nukes out of Europe
2011-07-17
The United States is in talks with NATO to remove US tactical nuclear weapons from Europe, in a push toward a nuclear-weapons-free world and to cut costs, a Japanese newspaper said Friday.
Might as well. We're not going to use them there; Europe has no enemies that can bring it down to whom nuclear weapons would be a counter; and Europe really doesn't want to defend itself in the first place.
Washington is talking with other NATO member nations about the withdrawal of all shorter-range, tactical nuclear weapons that have been deployed in Europe since the Cold War era, the influential Asahi Shimbun said.

In-depth discussions will take place in coming months and the talks should conclude by the time Chicago hosts a NATO summit next May, the liberal daily said, citing a senior US official tasked with nuclear disarmament policies.

The talks are being held as part of NATO's Defense and Deterrence Posture Review, said the report filed from the paper's Washington bureau.

The move came as US President Barack Obama wants to negotiate with Russia about reducing tactical nuclear weapons and nuclear stockpiles, following the ratification this year of the US-Russia New START disarmament treaty, it said.

If a complete abolition in Europe is agreed, it could give impetus to US-Russia nuclear disarmament talks, the mass-circulation newspaper said.
Sounds like wishful thinking.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#1  Thus cometh PRAVDA this AM ...

To wit,

* PRAVDA > GERMANY WILL BE CONQUERED BY ISLAM, vee immigration. Number of Bundeswehr Muslim Soldiers + Chaplains ["Regimental Mullahs"] expected to rise.

Iran's still-improving LRBMS, new NUkes? notwithstanding.

PRAVDA POSTER = argued that Muslim immigrants will takeover FRANCE + GERMANY in circa 30 years [Year 2010 + 30 = Year 2040?]; there will be 106.0 Milyuhn Muslims in the EU, + IIUC in Year 2013 the EU per se will begin to be set aflame vee Muslim extremism [i.e. VIOLENT JIHAD = MILTERR]???

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-07-17 21:12  

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