Good day all. You may recall that when she became Secretary of State, Cankles Clinton famously went to Russia and pushed a reset button. Of course, it was bungled and instead of Reset, it said Overcharge. (Probably thinking of Bill’s next paid speech or something)
However, the idea was to “Reset” our relationship with the Federated States of Russia, the successor to the USSR, which collapsed in 1991. Well, the reset worked, just not the way Her Majesty, Queen Cankles the Most Useless intended. Since her tenure as Secretary of State, helped along mightily by King Putt, things have gotten a lot worse. Just how much worse? Russia has started expanding it’s nuclear weapons stockpile in violation of the START agreements. Here are the details from the Washington Free Beacon:
Russia is doubling the number of its strategic nuclear warheads on new missiles by deploying multiple reentry vehicles that have put Moscow over the limit set by the New START arms treaty, according to Pentagon officials.
A recent intelligence assessment of the Russian strategic warhead buildup shows that the increase is the result of the addition of multiple, independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, on recently deployed road-mobile SS-27 and submarine-launched SS-N-32 missiles, said officials familiar with reports of the buildup.
Oh that’s just wonderful. In comparison, the United States hasn’t deployed a new nuclear missile since the MX back in the 1980’s. Those, because we keep our agreements, have since been decommissioned. All we have left are the Trident missiles on the old Ohio class missile submarines and the Minuteman missiles which are coming up on 50 years of age.
The 2010 treaty requires the United States and Russia to reduce deployed warheads to 1,550 warheads by February 2018. The State Department revealed in January that Russia currently has exceeded the New START warhead limit by 98 warheads, deploying a total number of 1,648 warheads.
The U.S. level currently is below the treaty level at 1,538 warheads. The 2010 treaty requires the United States and Russia to reduce deployed warheads to 1,550 warheads by February 2018.
The Treaty was ratified in 2010? Gee, who was the Secretary of State back then? Why it would be Cankles!
The United States has cut its warhead stockpiles significantly in recent years. Moscow, however, has increased its numbers of deployed warheads and new weapons. Officials said that in addition to adding warheads to the new missiles, Russian officials have sought to prevent U.S. weapons inspectors from checking warheads as part of the 2010 treaty. The State Department, however, said it can inspect the new MIRVed missiles.
Yeah, sure, and I always believe whatever comes out of the State Department. The Pentagon, is getting very worried about this.
“Russia’s modernization program and their nuclear deterrent force is of concern,” Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, which is in charge of nuclear forces, told Congress March 10.
“When you look at what they’ve been modernizing, it didn’t just start,” Haney said. “They’ve been doing this quite frankly for some time with a lot of crescendo of activity over the last decade and a half.”
And what about the United States? Surely we’re updating and replacing old weapons with new ones, aren’t we?
By contrast, the Pentagon is scrambling to find funds to pay for modernizing aging U.S. nuclear forces after seven years of sharp defense spending cuts under Obama.
Obama, along with the Democrats, have gutted the United States military. The Democrats have always hated the military, at least since the end of the Vietnam War, and have fought any spending on defense tooth and nail. We have been using what Reagan left us, along with some new systems, for decades. Our nuclear deterrent however, is long in the tooth and in serious need of replacement.
The last Ohio class missile submarine was launched in 1996, and the original Ohio along with several older submarines have been retasked as cruise missile launchers and probably don’t carry nuclear weapons any longer. As for our bomber forces? The B52’s were removed as nuclear bombers some time ago, and the B1’s and B2’s would need to be reconfigured to handle nuclear systems. That isn’t something that can be done in 15 minutes.
Earlier this month, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress that Russia continues to pose the greatest threat to the United States.
Gee, that wasn’t supposed to happen once the Soviet Union collapsed. We were all going to beat our swords into plowshares and sit around singing Kumbaya all day long.
“The one that has the greatest capability and poses the greatest threat to the United States is Russia because of its capabilities—its nuclear capability, its cyber capability, and clearly because of some of the things we have seen in its leadership behavior over the last couple of years,” Dunford said.
In addition to a large-scale nuclear buildup, Russia has upgraded its nuclear doctrine and its leaders and officials have issued numerous threats to use nuclear arms against the United States in recent months, compounding fears of a renewed Russian threat.
This can all be laid at the feet of Vladimir Putin. He see’s himself as the new Tsar. If he thought he could get away with minimal damage, he probably would launch a first strike against the United States. He’s an old line cold warrior and has never accepted the end of the Soviet Empire.
Mark Schneider, a former Pentagon official involved in strategic nuclear forces, however, said he has warned for years that Russia is not reducing its nuclear forces under the treaty.
“The Russians have not claimed to have made any reductions for five years,” Schneider said
Additionally, Russian officials deceptively sought to make it appear their nuclear forces have been reduced during a recent nuclear review conference.
“If they could have claimed to have made any reductions under New START counting rules they would have done it there,” Schneider said.
So what has Obama been doing about this? Has Der Fubar gone to Congress and discussed what Russia is doing and their cheating? What do you think?
The Obama administration also has been deceptive about the benefits of New START.
“The administration public affairs talking points on New START reductions border on outright lies,” Schneider said. “The only reductions that have been made since New START entry into force have been by the United States,” he said. “Instead, Russia has moved from below the New START limits to above the New START limits in deployed warheads and deployed delivery vehicles.”
And this surprises anyone? I’ve long believed that Barack Obama was originally a Soviet mole recruited when he was allegedly in collage. His background is exactly what you would expect for a True Believe, rather than the usual traitors we’ve had of late, such as the Walker spy ring and Aldrich Ames. They sold out literally for cold, hard cash.
I think Obama was reactivated as a Russian asset back in the late 90’s and now we are seeing the benefits of Russia’s long term planning. A Red President who is actively working to destroy the United States of America.
Schneider, the former Pentagon official, said senior Russian arms officials have been quoted in press reports discussing Moscow’s withdrawal from the New START arms accord. If that takes place, Russia will have had six and a half years to prepare to violate the treaty limits, at the same time the United States will have reduced its forces to treaty limits.
And we’re going to have to engage in a crash spending program to rebuild our defenses, including reactivating the Strategic Defense Initiative that Obama canceled. As for Obama? What’s the “Official response” to Russia’s violations?
The White House said Moscow’s failure to take part in the nuclear summit was a sign of self-isolation based on the West’s sanctions aimed at punishing Russia for the military takeover of Ukraine’s Crimea.
We haven’t seen this level of delusion since Neville Chamberlain came back from Munich and waved a piece of paper around saying that they now had “Peace for our Time.” Two years later the Nazi tanks rolled into Poland and World War Two started.
Between Russia looking to rebuild their empire, (Not necessarily a communist one), and the Islamic world looking to develop their own nuclear weapons, the odds of at least one nuclear weapon being used in anger in the next 10 years has, in my unschooled opinion, reached near certainty.
We will be paying for Obama and the Democrats greed, incompetence and in many cases, outright treason for decades to come. If Cankles somehow wins the election? It will be a tossup who takes over Europe first. Russia or the Islamic Caliphate.
Thatisall
~The Angry Webamster~
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