Obamas Nuclear Arms Reduction HoaxStephen Lendman He wanted nuclear weapons abolished. He urged general and complete disarmament. He wanted force-fed Pax Americana ended. He assumed great risk. Nearly all his top advisors disapproved. Pentagon commanders opposed him. So did most congressional members. CIA officials werent pleased. Kennedy was vulnerable. He knew it. He accepted the risk. It cost him his life. He was assassinated weeks after signing the US/Soviet Russia Limited Test Ban Treaty and National Security Action Memorandum Number 263. It called for removing 1,000 US troops from Vietnam by year end. It mandated all American forces out by December 1965. Obamas no Jack Kennedy. On April 5, 2009, he spoke in Pragues Hradcany Square. He did so duplicitously. He lied saying clearly and with conviction Americas commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. He pledged concrete steps never taken. They included: Theyre more advanced, powerful and dangerous than ever. Theyre deployed globally. They menace humanity. Americas preemptive first-strike nuclear posture remains unchanged. On June 19, Obama urged Russia to join America in reducing strategic nuclear arsenals by one-third. A White House press release said: Today, the President announced new guidance that aligns US nuclear policies to the 21st century security environment. This is the latest in a series of concrete steps the President has made to advance his Prague agenda and the long-term goal of achieving the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. Obamas so-called new guidance includes: On December 26, 1991, the Soviet Union dissolved. So-called Cold War friction ostensibly ended. Conditions today are the most perilous in world history. America bears full responsibility. Wars without end rage. Obama has others in mind. He pursues them recklessly. Humanitys survival is at stake. Obamas no peacemaker. He prioritizes war. He spends more on militarism than the rest of the world combined. Hes developing more powerful weapons of mass destruction. Hes deploying them globally. He maintains a growing empire of bases. Hundreds are in over 150 countries. They encroach close to Russian and Chinese borders. They do so belligerently. They threaten world peace. Obamas nuclear reduction proposal lacks credibility. It does so for good reason. He broke every major promise made. Hes a serial liar. He cant be trusted. Hes a war criminal multiple times over. His nuclear policy prioritizes first-strike preemption. It does so against manufactured enemies. His 2010 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) reflects old wine in new bottles. Rhetoric changed, not policy. NPR 2010 said America reserves the right to use nuclear weapons. Doing so may be warranted by the evolution and proliferation of the biological weapons threat and US capacities to counter that threat. No threat whatever exists. More advanced weapons replace older ones. US nuclear policy menaces humanity. It prioritizes greater deterrent capability. It unilaterally asserts the right to strike preemptively. It does without cause, justification or consequences. Obamas NPR reflects war-making, not prevention. It replicates Bushs 2005 Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations. It removes the distinction between defensive and offensive deterrents. It prioritizes upgrading Americas destructive triad. It includes sea-based strategic bombers, land-based missiles, and ballistic missile submarines. It maintains robust research, development, and industrial infrastructure. It continues to develop, build, and deploy unchallengeable offensive and defensive systems. It exceeds deterrent. It calls for nuclear and non-nuclear preemption. It does so against unnamed adversaries. It prioritizes permanent wars on humanity. At issue is resource control and unchallenged global dominance. It calls for eliminating all independent governments. It wants no rivals. It wants pro-Western puppet regimes subservient to US interests. On April 8, 2010, America and Russia signed New Start (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). On February 11, 2011, it became effective. Its more smoke screen than substance. Nuclear reduction is illusory. Proliferation continues. Disarmament isnt envisioned. Americas arms race continues. Unconscionable amounts are spent. Popular needs go begging. War-making priorities come first. New Start leaves America unconstrained. Its global strike capability is uncompromised. Developing upgraded humanity-destroying weapons continues. Annual budgets include growing amounts to do so. Obamas brave nuke world is unsafe to live in. Hes got lots more war-making in mind. He prioritizes state-of-the-art capability to do so. It includes more destructive than ever nuclear weapons. He asserts the right to use them preemptively. He does so unilaterally. He targets enemies created out of whole cloth. NPR 2010 changed rhetoric. Policy remains unchanged. NPTs three pillars are disregarded. They include non-proliferation, disarmament, and peaceful use. Reinstituting the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty isnt envisioned. It was in force for 30 years. In 2002, Bush administration rogues unilaterally withdrew. America remains unconstrained to wage war. The Pentagons 2006 Global Strike Command remains policy. Its for war-making, not prevention. Its for offense, not defense. It prioritizes first-strike capability. So does the 2009 Prompt Global Strike initiative. Its to attack anywhere in the world. Its to do so on short notice. Its to use conventional, nuclear and other weapons. NPR 2010 states America reserves the right to use nuclear weapons that may be warranted by the evolution and proliferation of the biological weapons threat and US capacities to counter that threat. It keeps nuclear missiles ready to launch in minutes. It asserts the unilateral preemptive right to do so. Its aggressive. Its lawless. It threatens world peace. It assures permanent wars. It threatens humanity. Bushs December 2002 National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 17 (Weapons of Mass Destruction) remains unchanged. It states: The United States will continue to make clear that it reserves the right to respond with overwhelming force including through resort to all of our options to the use (or threatened use) of WMD(s) against the United States, our forces abroad, and friends and allies. Launching nuclear war is a presidential prerogative. Theater nuclear operations are at the discretion of commanders. They can use tactical mini-nukes preemptively. They can do so based on falsified threats. Obama can invent them to wage nuclear war. He can do so globally. He can do it preemptively. Perhaps hell take full advantage. No greater threat exists. On June 19, Ria Novosti headlined Russia Skeptical Over Obamas New Nuclear Reduction Proposal. Moscow officials distrust him for good reason. They do so in light of US global missile defense plans and attempts by other counties to boost their nuclear arsenals. Obamas proposed bold reductions in US and Russian tactical weapons in Europe dont wash. According to senior Putin foreign policy advisor Yury Ushakov: The situation now is not like in the 1960s and 1970s, when only the United States and the Soviet Union held talks on reducing nuclear arms. Now we need to look more broadly and expand the circle of participants in possible contacts on this matter. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin added: How can we take seriously this idea about cuts in strategic nuclear potential while the United States is developing its capabilities to intercept Russias nuclear potential. Arms issues involves offensive and defensive ones, he stressed. To show the lack of understanding of this (by proposing further nuclear cuts) means either openly lying, bluffing and deceiving, or demonstrating a deep lack of professionalism. Putin addressed Obamas proposal, saying: We cannot afford to disrupt the balance of the system of strategic deterrence, to reduce effectiveness of its nuclear forces. Therefore, the development of the system of space defense will remain a key direction for the military industry. Putin and other Russian officials express great concern about America surrounding Russia with so-called missile defense systems meant for offense. Putin, Rogozin, Ushakov, and other officials know Obama cant be trusted. Hes a serial liar. His pledges arent worth the rhetoric explaining them. Theyre not worth the paper theyre written on. Theyre promises made to be broken. Independent Russian military experts believe Obamas proposal could potentially destroy the existing nuclear parity and ultimately hurt Russias national security interests. Obama prioritizes it. Russia and China alone challenge Americas dominance. Washington wants both rivals neutralized. Expect neither to bow to Americas will. They represent humanitys best chance. United perhaps theyll thwart Americas imperium. Hopefully theyll take full advantage and succeed. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 