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| Frank J. Gaffney Jr.: AmericaÂ’s vanishing deterrent |
| 2013-08-29 |
| More than two decades ago, President George H.W. Bush decided he would “rid the world of chemical weapons.” The United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention has had the predictable result that the United States has eliminated all such arms in its arsenal, leaving only bad guys like Mr. Assad with stockpiles of Sarin nerve gas and other toxic chemical weapons. No one can say for sure whether the threat of retaliation in kind would have affected recent calculations about the use of such weapons in Syria. What we do know is that they have been used, evidently repeatedly, in the absence of such a deterrent. Unfortunately, Mr. Obama seems determined to repeat this dangerous experiment with America’s nuclear forces. He has made it national policy to rid the world of these weapons. As with our chemical stockpile, Mr. Obama seems determined to set an example in the hope that others will follow. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #2 Vlad understands the value of deterrent. He's moving more ships into the Med. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-29 08:29 |
| #1 It's like the gun grabbers. They fail to understand that to reduce the number of guns in society, the way is to provide an environment where the citizenry believes that it will receive real security and justice, not propaganda. Short of that, the citizenry will look to its own. No different for the world. If nations can expect real security and justice, then arms become less of an issue. Real history, not to be confused with 'social justice' Marxist theory, shows that such a sustainable condition is very unlikely for generations, if at all. The Euros came close but only through military welfare from the Americans, which as with all things, is quickly run out, along with the dollars that sustained it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-08-29 08:27 |