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“One of the many words that sound so attractive, to people who do not think beyond the word, is "disarmament." […] In the real world, the question of whether nuclear disarmament is desirable or undesirable is utterly irrelevant because it is simply not possible, except in words-- and we would truly be fools to accept such words at the risk of our lives. […] Why then is President Barack Obama pursuing an international nuclear disarmament agreement? It cannot be because he thinks it will work. Even if he were foolish enough to believe that, virtually anybody in the Pentagon can tell him why it won't. […] His political advisors, however, can tell him how great that can be for him personally -- if he doesn't already know that. It would be "historic" and an "achievement," just like ObamaCare. His political base -- the young, the left and the thoughtless -- would be thrilled and energized. That can translate into money donated to his campaign coffers and people willing to walk the precincts to get out the vote for him in the 2012 elections.” [emphasis added]
— Thomas Sowell, 2010/09/17 (townhall.com)
The only thing that has prevented a
thermonuclear war (so far) has been the concept of
mutual assured destruction. And whence comes such assurance? The nuclear stockpile of the United States. It's that simple. No one can doubt the stockpile's existence and America's willingness to use it in a doomsday scenario.
So, what is The Obama up to with His pursuit of "disarmament"? Why, it's votes for a second term, of course. Why do you think He is willing to gamble with your Nation's security, and by extension, the security of the rest of the world? It's all about the grandiosity of The Obama Himself. Obama may know squat about economics, history, foreign policy, or effective command of our armed forces, but He knows His political base very well.
As Prof. Sowell termed it, Obama's base comprises the young, the left, and the thoughtless — the trifecta of ignorance. Today these are, by and large, the offspring of America's hippies, the original unicorn people. "Make love, not war!" they holler, as their parents did in the '60s, because, you know, "All you need is love. We don't need no stinking weapons, man. When our enemies see how much fun we are having, they will lay down their arms too, and join in the love-making. It could happen."
Well, it's hard to argue against "It could happen", because according to
quantum mechanics, the most successful scientific theory, anything
could happen. But the probability of most things that The Obama base would like to have happen is vanishingly small — roughly on the order of the probability that pigs will sprout wings on Tuesday.
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