Comments on: Will Obama throw Israel under the bus? http://www.yourish.com/2009/05/07/7416 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2009/05/07/7416/comment-page-1#comment-36610 Michael Lonie Fri, 08 May 2009 03:56:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7416#comment-36610 This story, if true, is evidence of the stupidity and lack of understanding of the Administration. The NPT is dead. The practice of signatories going ahead to develop nukes, without suffering the consequences, killed it. Some other method must be found if nuke proliferation is to be limited. The Proliferation Security Initiative was supposed to do that, but will Obama pursue it rather than the useless NPT? Ironically if Obama really wanted to limit proliferation, and even get rid of nukes (as he said he did) the way to go about it is through a global, layered anti-missile system. The promise that any missile launched by anyone would be shot down before impact, and so any nukes would not have effect, could result in countries deciding that nukes were no longer useful even as weapons of nuclear blackmail. But Obama, like all liberals, is dead set against defence against nuclear missile attack. This story, if true, is evidence of the stupidity and lack of understanding of the Administration. The NPT is dead. The practice of signatories going ahead to develop nukes, without suffering the consequences, killed it. Some other method must be found if nuke proliferation is to be limited. The Proliferation Security Initiative was supposed to do that, but will Obama pursue it rather than the useless NPT?

Ironically if Obama really wanted to limit proliferation, and even get rid of nukes (as he said he did) the way to go about it is through a global, layered anti-missile system. The promise that any missile launched by anyone would be shot down before impact, and so any nukes would not have effect, could result in countries deciding that nukes were no longer useful even as weapons of nuclear blackmail. But Obama, like all liberals, is dead set against defence against nuclear missile attack.

]]> By: David Foster http://www.yourish.com/2009/05/07/7416/comment-page-1#comment-36605 David Foster Thu, 07 May 2009 14:50:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7416#comment-36605 "Progressives" often tend to think that moral qualities are properties of *objects* rather than of people. Thus, their focus on the nuclear weapon per se rather than on who owns and controls it. Similarly, their opposition to allowing airline pilots to carry guns for defense against terrorists. “Progressives” often tend to think that moral qualities are properties of *objects* rather than of people. Thus, their focus on the nuclear weapon per se rather than on who owns and controls it. Similarly, their opposition to allowing airline pilots to carry guns for defense against terrorists.

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