APRIL 15, 2016
A Trillion in Nukes: Obama Embraces the Bomb
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now we are accustomed to bizarre foreign policy moves from the White
House. The last 15 years have seen a series of initiatives that defy
reason and good sense. The pattern is so well established that on the
very rare occasions when a President follows a policy that is eminently
logical – like Obama’s decision not to bomb Iran – it is met with shock
and awe.
Against
this backdrop, the program to spend $1 trillion on developing an
upgraded arsenal of nuclear weapons with expanded capabilities suggests a
return to “normal” – that is, the bizarre. Yet this vast expenditure
for no apparent strategic purpose has generated little debate whether
within the Obama administration, political circles or the public. This
fits a by now recognizable pattern: critical decisions are taken on
matters heavy with consequence without explanation of why that course of
action is chosen and it then goes unremarked by the politicos and
media. That double failing is making a mockery of our supposedly
democratic governance. Furthermore, it allows to slip under the radar
costly – potentially dangerous – initiatives that cannot hold up under
scrutiny.http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/15/a-trillion-in-nukes-obama-embraces-the-bomb/
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