'It's finally time for this country to succeed in something again—something noble, something other than the perpetuation of murderous war and the horrific production of genocidal weaponry.'
in an attempt to secure Senate support for new strategic arms reduction talks with the Russians. Unsurprisingly, senators and representatives in western states like Wyoming and North Dakota, which thrive off Air Force bases that bristle with nuclear bombers and missiles, quickly abandoned the spirit of Obama'sThis country narrowly averted disaster in the old Cold War and back then we had leaders of some ability and probity like Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
to the contrary. If a war of that sort is truly unwinnable, which it is, our military shouldn't be posturing about fighting and"winning" one., and say them repeatedly to those same generals and their enablers, when they come asking for almostI can tell you one thing with certainty: our generals know one word and it's not"win," it's
. More nuclear missiles. More nuclear bombers. They'll never get enough. The same is true of certain members of Congress and the president. So, the American people need to learn two words,, and say them repeatedly to those same generals and their enablers, when they come asking for almostIn that spirit, I ask you to join a young Air Force lieutenant as he walks past Cheyenne Mountain's massive blast door and down the long tunnel.
America's new cold war puts those very blessings, that wonder, in deep peril. It's why we must walk ever so boldly out of tunnels built by fear and greed and never return to them. We need to say"no more" to new nuclear weapons and recommit to the elimination of all such weaponry everywhere. We had a chance to embark on such a journey 30 years ago in the aftermath of the first Cold War. We had another chance when Barack Obama was elected. Both times we failed.
It's finally time for this country to succeed in something again—something noble, something other than the perpetuation of murderous war and the horrific production of genocidal weaponry. After all, only fools replay scenarios that end in doomsday.
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