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2010-02-20 Europe

NATO allies urge US nukes removal from Europe

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 So now only the bad guys will have nukes. Typical European idiocy. Go for it. I am sick of saving their asses every generation.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-20 00:29|| 2010-02-20 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Only the United States has nuclear arms stored in Europe, with British and French nuclear weapons being deployed "in other countries," he added.

Huh? I'm sure that makes perfect sense when blitzed out on Bordeaux.

A statement from Leterme stressed that "Belgium is in favor of a world without nuclear weapons and advocates this position at the heart of NATO,"

Well I'm certainly in favor of Belgium not having anything more dangerous than sharpened barber shears. Look what happened in the Congo the last time Belgians felt a hair grow on their balls.

Posted by ed 2010-02-20 01:41|| 2010-02-20 01:41|| Front Page Top

#3 with British and French nuclear weapons being deployed "in other countries,"

At first I thought WTF. Then I remembered the EU has 23 official languages. Someone speaks in all the languages on some subject then around 500 language A to Language B translations are required. Some of them are bound to be a bit dodgey.

Posted by phil_b 2010-02-20 01:50|| 2010-02-20 01:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's just pull all our troops out of the EU starting with ex-Yugo....
Germany wanted it broken up.. Its theirs let them deal with it.

When the Afghan war ends pull out of NATO too!
Just work on a North American Continental Defense pact to insure Fortress Am.

The hell with the EU

Posted by 3dc 2010-02-20 02:46|| 2010-02-20 02:46|| Front Page Top

#5 That would be a good way for DoD to contribute to deficit reduction.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-20 03:22|| 2010-02-20 03:22|| Front Page Top

#6 The current administration wants us to give up all of our nuclear weapons. They can't quite do that outright yet, but are working fast and furiously within DOD and DOE to dismantle as much as they can.

The losses aren't limited to weapons - they include organizational capabilities and people with specialized expertise.

So you'll get your wish NS. The capability is being cut to the bleeding bone right now. The question is whether we'll be safer as a result.

Posted by lotp 2010-02-20 07:28|| 2010-02-20 07:28|| Front Page Top

#7 That (#6) is a nearly perfect prescription for insuring that nuclear war does occur. Add to it a hollow narcissistic commander in chief and you're just about there

Posted by Matt 2010-02-20 09:34|| 2010-02-20 09:34|| Front Page Top

#8 How does pulling our nukes and troops out of Europe equate to abandoning nuclear weapons, lotp? The Europe we saved in WWII has disappeared. To the one that is appearing we owe nothing except our debilitating entitlement programs. Let them grow up and assume the responsibility for their own defence. Let's get out of Nato before it sucks us into another fiasco like the Balkans.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-20 10:36|| 2010-02-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

#9 They don't equate ... but abandoning nukes *is* starting to happen under this administration, whether or not we stay in NATO.

In fact, Biden is out building a case to accelerate spending in order to drawn down the stockpile faster. Link is to an article in the WAPO yesterday. It's a 'spend more to reduce the deficit' argument.

Posted by lotp 2010-02-20 11:14|| 2010-02-20 11:14|| Front Page Top

#10 I certainly agree getting rid of nukes is dumb and even dumber is not building new ones. Though I don't know that we need the triad. The genie will not go back in the bottle.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-20 15:47|| 2010-02-20 15:47|| Front Page Top

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