This week – as the world is well aware – President Barac Obama accepted his “well deserved” Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to international relations and his stance against nuclear arms. The Nobel Committee was busy congratulating the American president and honoring him for the difference he will make during his term and the people of Norway were excited to have such a celebrity laureate in their midst giving him the adulation HE feels he so ardently deserves.
The Russians had other ideas. They were busy giving him a different kind of tribute – the proverbial “finger” – in the form of a Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test from the White Sea that arced high over Oslo. In a “finger” of unexplained, at the time, light Russia was sending a message to the world that peace will only exist on the other side of some strained standoffs – and possibly war.
Russia has built a new class of nuclear-powered submarines that are smaller and faster than their aging Soviet-era fleet. They hope these new submarines will be their new first line nuclear arsenal against the West. The old Sineca class missiles fired from those old Soviet-era subs are too large for the newer subs, so the new Bulava class ICBMs are being developed. The test this week that provided a bluish-white “finger of light” over Oslo was the result of a third-stage rocket failure on one of those new missiles.
As the oblivious world buried their heads in the sand and celebrated a peace that the world is not ready to embrace, the Russians were busy gearing up for real world confrontations in the 21st Century.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc the world has gone almost a generation without the daily threat of a nuclear showdown between superpowers and has forgotten how to stand up to REAL power. The complicit media has run stories about the rise of democracy in Russia and how the Russian leaders want nothing more than to be our friends. The United States now has a leader who thinks he can talk to the leaders of the world and get them to give up their weapons – even as they build their militaries. His solution is to disarm ourselves to show the world we mean them no harm and, since WE are the problem in the world. He feels that once the world sees the evil United States has given up its war-mongering, empire-building ways and put our weapons down the rest of the world will do the same. Then we can all get busy learning the words to Cum Bye Ah… In expectation of that new world peace, a star-struck Nobel Committee gave Obama the Peace Prize totally ignoring the GLARING FACT that the world is entering one of the most dangerous times since the height of the Cold War.
The United States is ill prepared to face this new threat from the Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians and the rogue nations of the world – not to mention the terrorist spread around the globe. The leadership in this country today is the weakest and most vulnerable it has been since the Carter Administration. Though the United States still has the premier military in the world – rebuilt in the Bush years after years of neglect during the Clinton years – the lack of will to project our power is making us extremely vulnerable. The other countries of the world are still of the REALISTIC mindset that the world is a mean and cruel place ruled by the aggressive use of force. They understand that to survive as nations they MUST have strong defense forces.
We, on the other hand, currently have a leader who lacks the… fortitude… to face down those who would LOVE the chance to knock the U.S. down or place us under their rule. It may seem like a time of relative calm, but the world is a boiling cauldron of anger, jealousy and rage over animosities that have gone back nearly a hundred years – and in some cases even further. Our leader lives in a land of make-believe. President Obama has already issued orders to the Pentagon to develop plans to break down our nuclear arsenal – and sent them back to redo their plans when the first round were not aggressive enough. He has shown an unwillingness to chase down terrorists and has taken steps to tie the hands of those who protect us and make moves that endanger American lives – like bringing terrorists to New York for trial. This administration is doing its level best to weaken our defenses while showing the world the leadership at the top lacks the will to stop even the mildest aggressions. While President Obama is busy accepting an empty award and refusing to take responsibility for his office, our enemies are busy preparing escalate the arms race – and giving us “The Finger” to show us they are serious. And giving Obama all the respect he has earned – NONE.
The Russians had other ideas. They were busy giving him a different kind of tribute – the proverbial “finger” – in the form of a Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test from the White Sea that arced high over Oslo. In a “finger” of unexplained, at the time, light Russia was sending a message to the world that peace will only exist on the other side of some strained standoffs – and possibly war.
Russia has built a new class of nuclear-powered submarines that are smaller and faster than their aging Soviet-era fleet. They hope these new submarines will be their new first line nuclear arsenal against the West. The old Sineca class missiles fired from those old Soviet-era subs are too large for the newer subs, so the new Bulava class ICBMs are being developed. The test this week that provided a bluish-white “finger of light” over Oslo was the result of a third-stage rocket failure on one of those new missiles.
As the oblivious world buried their heads in the sand and celebrated a peace that the world is not ready to embrace, the Russians were busy gearing up for real world confrontations in the 21st Century.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc the world has gone almost a generation without the daily threat of a nuclear showdown between superpowers and has forgotten how to stand up to REAL power. The complicit media has run stories about the rise of democracy in Russia and how the Russian leaders want nothing more than to be our friends. The United States now has a leader who thinks he can talk to the leaders of the world and get them to give up their weapons – even as they build their militaries. His solution is to disarm ourselves to show the world we mean them no harm and, since WE are the problem in the world. He feels that once the world sees the evil United States has given up its war-mongering, empire-building ways and put our weapons down the rest of the world will do the same. Then we can all get busy learning the words to Cum Bye Ah… In expectation of that new world peace, a star-struck Nobel Committee gave Obama the Peace Prize totally ignoring the GLARING FACT that the world is entering one of the most dangerous times since the height of the Cold War.
The United States is ill prepared to face this new threat from the Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians and the rogue nations of the world – not to mention the terrorist spread around the globe. The leadership in this country today is the weakest and most vulnerable it has been since the Carter Administration. Though the United States still has the premier military in the world – rebuilt in the Bush years after years of neglect during the Clinton years – the lack of will to project our power is making us extremely vulnerable. The other countries of the world are still of the REALISTIC mindset that the world is a mean and cruel place ruled by the aggressive use of force. They understand that to survive as nations they MUST have strong defense forces.
We, on the other hand, currently have a leader who lacks the… fortitude… to face down those who would LOVE the chance to knock the U.S. down or place us under their rule. It may seem like a time of relative calm, but the world is a boiling cauldron of anger, jealousy and rage over animosities that have gone back nearly a hundred years – and in some cases even further. Our leader lives in a land of make-believe. President Obama has already issued orders to the Pentagon to develop plans to break down our nuclear arsenal – and sent them back to redo their plans when the first round were not aggressive enough. He has shown an unwillingness to chase down terrorists and has taken steps to tie the hands of those who protect us and make moves that endanger American lives – like bringing terrorists to New York for trial. This administration is doing its level best to weaken our defenses while showing the world the leadership at the top lacks the will to stop even the mildest aggressions. While President Obama is busy accepting an empty award and refusing to take responsibility for his office, our enemies are busy preparing escalate the arms race – and giving us “The Finger” to show us they are serious. And giving Obama all the respect he has earned – NONE.
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