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To: MrLucky who wrote (358835)	4/11/2010 7:18:50 PM
From: Brumar89	11 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793924

Moose Hunter Bags Community Organizer… Obama Retreats on Nuke Plan Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:28 AM Jim Hoft On Wednesday, Sarah Palin said Barack Obama’s new nuclear policy was like, “A kid on the playground saying punch me in the face and I’m not going to retaliate.” This upset the the president who later lashed out at the former Alaska Governor on her nuclear experience on Thursday. Which led to this– Sarah Palin clobbered Barack Obama Friday in her speech at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. The former Alaska Governer responded to the “community organizer’s” attack on her nuclear experience. She questioned what in Obama’s community organizing background led him to believe he was an expert on nuclear policy. Today, the Obama Administration retreated from their previous nuclear plan. Hillary Clinton told CBS that “all bets are off” when it comes to biological weapons. The Obama administration’s nuclear posture review may have removed some of the intentional ambiguity from U.S. nuclear policy, but it does not leave the country any less safe, President Obama’s top national security advisers said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” In fact, they said, it gives a clear warning to other state actors that the U.S. will not ignore any growing threats. “This is putting everybody on notice,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer in an interview conducted Friday at the Pentagon. “We don’t want more countries to go down the path that North Korea and Iran are.” The revised nuclear policy says that the United States will not use nuclear weapons to respond to a chemical or biological attack from a non-nuclear country. The policy, however, leaves significant contingencies, said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Countries which are non-signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (such as North Korea) or have been found to be non-compliant (such as Iran) are not exempt from nuclear retaliation under the Obama policy. “We were concerned about the biological weapons,” Gates said, “and that’s why the president was very clear … if we see states developing biological weapons that we begin to think endanger us or create serious concerns, that he reserves the right to revise this policy.” Clinton added, “If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off.” Then why have a nuclear policy that says something different? Apparently, the former governor knows more about nuclear deterrence than the community organizer after all. This round goes to Palin. gatewaypundit.firstthings.com ------------------------------------------------------- ... The revised nuclear policy says that the United States will not use nuclear weapons to respond to a chemical or biological attack from a non-nuclear country. ...... Clinton added, "If we can prove that a biological attack originated in a country that attacked us, then all bets are off." ...... cbsnews.com IOW, Clinton takes pains to say we don't really mean what Obama's new nuclear policy says. What a bunch of clowns.