Good News- Obama Limited on Nuke Reduction

[marshabar1]

House panel votes to limit Obama on nuke reduction

By DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 5:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A House panel has voted to limit the president's authority to reduce nuclear weapons under a U.S.-Russia treaty overwhelmingly ratified by the Senate last December.

The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday approved an amendment that says the administration may not spend money to retire weapons until the defense and energy secretaries submit to Congress a modernization plan for the remaining weapons. The vote was 35-26.

Republicans said they were putting the brakes on any effort by the administration to race toward cuts.

Democrats said the amendment tied the hands of Obama and future presidents to reduce the nation's nuclear arsenal.

The treaty slashed the nuclear weapons held by the two former Cold War rivals and allowed on-site inspections to resume.

www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/11/house-panel-votes-to-limit-obama-on-nuke-reduction/

[deziloooooo]

For some reason you feel this is good news. Just curiouse, why? Do you understand what the treaty called for and why? You do know that this treaty was also negotiated under the Bush administration, lots of years put into it and at one time the pubbs were in favor of it. So now your thread header "Good News- Obama Limited on Nuke Reduction" is rejoycing.

I have to ask the question. You know what the treaty calls for and feel we need to keep these Nucs or just possible it's because the POTUS is involved in this treaty and that upsets you?

[fairlycrazy23]

I don't mind reducing weapons, but if it costs money, we can put a hold on it.

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I don't think this is the right time in our history to show any signs of weakness. Let's not jump the global gun. I'd bow to military types, not intellectual types, in a time of war.

[deziloooooo]

May 11, 2011 23:23:22 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

I don't think this is the right time in our history to show any signs of weakness. Let's not jump the global gun. I'd bow to military types, not intellectual types, in a time of war.

The Military signed off on the treaty , this is Politicians getting involved, it is felt that 1500 Nucs are more then sufficient to blow up the globe, each by the way...by getting rid of the Russian ones it was felt much safer for them to control and not have some of theirs fall into the wrong hands.

By reducing there was a cost savings too for us, quite a bit..