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Manifesto pledges more nuclear weapons – USA Republicans

It was the Bush Republican administration that got us into Iraq and Afghanistan, dragging reluctant allies with them. If they win control of the House and Senate they plan on expanding the domestic stockpile of nuclear arms. Who these missiles are defending us from remains a question.

Missile Madness……..  – Dunfermline Press, 6th October, 2010 The Republican party released their political ‘Pledge to America’ manifesto and it is really disturbing. Rebuilding the US ballistic missile programme (ICBMs) is what caught my attention. Returning to the days of missile silos across the US is part of their planned defense initiative. Do we really need another Cold War?

This political ‘to do list’ is shocking and gives some indication what awaits us if they get re-elected the majority party. Manufacturing a problem and then offering to fix it is the platform Republicans run on.

It was the Bush Republican administration that got us into Iraq and Afghanistan, dragging reluctant allies with them. If they win control of the House and Senate they plan on expanding the domestic stockpile of nuclear arms. Who these missiles are defending us from remains a question.

Russia has always been a military threat. We have a missile advantage over them and any potential military threat is unlikely, they have enough internal problems. START Treaty with Russia provides some stability.

The capitalistic genie is out of the bottle in Russia and the days of expansionism and East/West confrontations by proxy are over. Russia poses a threat to the West in their sloppy handling and security of nuclear materiel. Our real enemies today are terrorists and their possible access to nuclear bomb components.

Countries like India and Pakistan do have nuclear capabilities but these are short range (300km) tactical warheads and don’t pose any threat, except to each other,

If N. Korea had any money, or friends, they might be a threat. They do have a limited nuclear capability, supplied with the assistance of our staunch ally, Pakistan. China remains a major super power with formidable nuclear capabilities, but war with China is very unlikely.

Republican plan to fund a Missile Defense Programme is a return to the Ronald Reagan ‘Star Wars’ initiative. There is no such thing as a missile defense force and we only have a guaranteed retaliatory strike capability. Recent test firing of US interceptor missiles have failed. There is no defense against an incoming missile, just the mutually assured ability to toss one back……

Republican party leadership seem to suffer from political Tourette’s syndrome. They constantly leap up with bursts of old tried and failed promises of cutting taxes, reduce spending, less government and promoting Christian fundamentalist faith-based initiatives.

President Obama has had two years to undo eight years of the George Bush administration. Realistically this can’t be done overnight and hopefully the voice of reason will rear its ugly head in November and Republicans will stay out of power.

I really don’t want a missile silo in my backyard.

Missile Madness…….. – Opinion – Blogs – Dunfermline Press

October 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear weapons