Sunday, April 11, 2010

How Much Of A Say Will The U.N. Have In U.S. Nuclear Policy?

U.N. Nuclear Control -- Washington Times

The Obama administration is placing a key element of its nuclear deterrence strategy in the hands of the United Nations, an organization with one of the poorest records for controlling the spread of nuclear weapons.

Keith B. Payne, a former Pentagon official in charge of nuclear weapons policy, said an alarming feature of the Nuclear Posture Review, made public Tuesday, is that the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the foreign powers that are represented in it will be able to indirectly set U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

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My Comment: Putting "some" of our nuclear defense policy into the hands of UN bureaucrats and diplomats .... many who are hostile to the U.S. .... is sheer stupidity. But idealism and President Obama's liberal agenda is driving this policy shift .... and lets face .... the U.S. electorate gave him the mandate when they elected him President to do just that.

Thank God I live in Canada.

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