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Clinton's chief delusion:
arms control and disarmament
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© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
A delusion is a false belief, and a person who is consistently delusional is sometimes judged to be insane. The dictionary defines insanity as "unsoundness or derangement of mind, especially without recognition of one's own illness." When we look at U.S. arms control policy, and President Clinton's recent statements on the subject, words like "unsoundness" and "derangement" come readily to mind.
At his press conference last Thursday, President Clinton savaged the U.S. Senate majority for voting against the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Clinton remains dedicated to the proposition that the United States should never again test a nuclear weapon.
Last summer I talked with a Washington intelligence expert, Peter Vincent Pry, on the reasons for nuclear testing. The Clinton administration maintains that underground nuclear tests are no longer necessary since computers can now conduct "virtual" nuclear tests. These, say the administration, are sufficient for assuring that our bombs are in working order. I asked Pry about this. He told me that simulated tests conducted on computers are of dubious value. "Simulated tests are not the same as real tests," he said. But the Clinton administration doesn't want any more real tests.
According to Clinton we have not tested a nuclear weapon since 1992, and we will not resume testing until after he leaves office in January 2001. In fact, Clinton is hopeful that the U.S. Senate will eventually ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (so that America will never again test a nuclear weapon).
Clinton did not confront the fact that a test ban might result in the gradual erosion of our nuclear deterrent. He did not acknowledge the existence of a very real nuclear threat from Russia and China. Instead, he blasted the United States Senate for "reckless partisanship" and for threatening the economic wellbeing and national security of the country. The president further stated, "We will not abandon our commitment to the treaty." In other words, he will enforce the treaty whether the Senate likes it or not.
It was an odd performance for a U.S. president to suggest that our nuclear arsenal is a serious threat to peace. Every U.S. president, from Harry S. Truman to George Bush has publicly stated that America should be second to none in nuclear power. Some recent presidents, like Nixon and Carter, compromised our nuclear strength by signing foolish arms control agreements with the Russians. Even so, they never said that our arsenal was a threat to peace.
"The future of our children is in peril," warned Clinton. Then he proceeded to impugn the good faith of the Republican Senate leadership.
"Why can't you accept that vote (against the treaty) as a good faith expression of conviction?" asked one journalist.
Clinton answered by incorrectly suggesting that all the nation's top scientists and generals were in favor of the test ban. Clinton said the treaty provides for 300 sensors to detect treaty violations, and he said the treaty provides for on-site inspections -- even though the Russians and Chinese have blocked both monitoring efforts and on-site inspections. Glossing over the treaty's one-sided anti-American tilt, Clinton said that American security depended on America's willingness to give up nuclear testing.
"There are always going to be objections from the country that is in the best position," said Clinton. From his point of view it would be wrong for America to maintain the first rank among nuclear powers. Even though America's nuclear deterrent has kept the world safe for over five decades, Clinton feels it's time for a change. The world's only superpower -- America -- must set an example.
The idea that America is the world's only superpower combines flattery and disinformation in one lump. America's military power has been in decline since its Reagan-era high in 1985. People are always talking about the bad state of the Russian army. The poor morale of our own forces is hardly mentioned.
In typical demagogic fashion, Clinton warned that renewed nuclear testing would "gut our efforts to have more teachers in the classroom."
This is a surprising statement coming from our national leader. Never before has a president of the United States suggested that military strength could only be purchased at the expense of our children's education.
On the subject of national ballistic missile defense, Clinton said, "If we had the potential to protect our people ... it would be the responsible thing to deploy such a system." But all the same, he added, we cannot tear up the ABM Treaty. Clinton then suggested that whatever defensive system we developed should be shared with the Russians.
Clinton said that America should not desire more weapons than it already has. In his view, weapons do not guarantee our safety and security. Only scraps of paper and Russian promises can make us secure. Clinton did not address the fact that Russia has been caught in numerous treaty violations. He did not discuss their nuclear modernization program.
Treaty-breaking is an honored Kremlin tradition. In 1987 Senator Malcolm Wallop and Angelo Codevilla wrote an excellent volume entitled, "The Arms Control Delusion: How Twenty-Five Years of Arms Control Has Made the World Less Safe." Wallop and Codevilla pointed out that the same Russian organization that was in charge of tactical concealment and military deception was also in charge of arms control policy. This is still true today.
Senator Wallop was objecting to President Reagan's negotiations with Moscow. The Russians always cheat, he said, and we always let them get away with it. Gorbachev was no different than earlier Soviet leaders. The same argument also applies to Boris Yeltsin. The oligarchy of the Russian Federation is the old Soviet oligarchy -- old wolves in new sheepskin.
The United States government under Bill Clinton refuses to entertain the possibility of a Russian nuclear attack. Clinton refuses to grasp the implications of a large Russian missile force that only exists to attack America. This is clear when we look at the range capability of Russian missiles. The reality of the situation is lost on a delusional administration which is determined to defend its policy with a bodyguard of lies. Up until 1995 the National Intelligence Estimates produced by the combined effort of America's intelligence organizations -- CIA, NSA, DIA, and military services -- maintained that Russia was a serious nuclear threat to the United States. But President Clinton used political pressure to force the intelligence community into an assessment that conformed to his personal beliefs. On Feb. 28, 1996, the U.S. intelligence community broke down and accepted the "politically correct" dictate of the Clinton White House. NIE 95-19, the most recent National Intelligence Estimate, stated, "With the end of the Cold War, the United States faces a clearly diminished threat of nuclear attack by the missile forces of the former Soviet Union."
President Clinton was not interested in an objective analysis of the Russian threat. He wanted the threat to be disregarded. It did not matter to him that many intelligence officers strongly disagreed with NIE 95-19. "Dissent was especially strong among those tracking Russian strategic thinking and nuclear force modernization," says Peter Vincent Pry in his newly released book, "War Scare." "Their more sobering views, which should have been reflected in the main findings of NIE 95-19, were ignored. The document did not allow one dissenting footnote into its easy dismissal of the Russian nuclear threat."
On Sept. 8 U.S. intelligence detected an underground explosion at Novaya Zemlya, a remote Russian military base. Some analysts believe it was a small nuclear test. I asked Peter Vincent Pry about Russian violations of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which they have repeatedly promised to uphold. Pry replied that there was evidence of Russian violations. There was even an incident in the summer of 1997 which got major press attention. American intelligence detected an "earthquake" in Russia which had a shock wave consistent with that of a nuclear test. The Russians denied the violation, saying it was a natural event. Without further discussion or investigation, the Clinton administration accepted Moscow's assurances.
Earlier this month the CIA admitted that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was unverifiable. CIA experts explained that low yield nuclear explosions, below the five-kiloton range, could not be distinguished from conventional explosions. Since the Russians have continued to set off low-yield explosions, and since they have denied us an opportunity for on-site inspections, we are forced to take Moscow's word for it.
That is why the U.S. Senate decided against the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The Senate does not share the president's delusions about Russian compliance. The Senate does not believe we can maintain our nuclear deterrent without testing. Meanwhile the president cynically accuses the Senate of endangering our children's future. In truth, Bill Clinton is determined to deprive us of our strongest weapons.
President Clinton, a man who lives by polls, claimed on Thursday that most Americans favor the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. If this is true, then our country is woefully misinformed.
Senator Trent Lott, replying to Clinton's charges against the Senate, said the treaty was "ineffectual, unverifiable, (and) unenforceable." Lott denied the president's charge that the Senate leadership had dishonestly hurried the treaty to a vote. He denied that the Senate had voted out of ignorance. In fact, said Lott, it was the president who had attempted to rush the treaty through the Senate. It was the president who wanted to shorten the debate. But the president's tactic backfired.
Behind the president's deceit, beneath his public lies, he remains deluded by Russian promises. Some have criticized Clinton for lacking conviction and for changing his mind on this or that; but if you saw Clinton's performance on Oct. 14 you would realize that this man remains a determined opponent of a strong American military, and an advocate of the Russian and Chinese position on arms control.
A delusion is a false belief. In this context, the president of the United States is determined to base our nation's security on a delusion. The United States Senate has taken a necessary and important step. We need to encourage our senators to oppose all arms control and disarmament treaties that involve Russia and China. George Washington once said, "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace." It would be irresponsible in the extreme to allow our nuclear arsenal to degenerate while Russia and China continue to test their weapons behind the facade of a bad treaty.
If we do not put an end to the arms control delusion, it could be the end of us.
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John/az
"The middle of the road between the extremes of good and evil, is evil. When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_nyquist/19991018_xcjny_clintons_c.shtml
The article:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clinton's chief delusion:
arms control and disarmament
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© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
A delusion is a false belief, and a person who is consistently delusional is sometimes judged to be insane. The dictionary defines insanity as "unsoundness or derangement of mind, especially without recognition of one's own illness." When we look at U.S. arms control policy, and President Clinton's recent statements on the subject, words like "unsoundness" and "derangement" come readily to mind.
At his press conference last Thursday, President Clinton savaged the U.S. Senate majority for voting against the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Clinton remains dedicated to the proposition that the United States should never again test a nuclear weapon.
Last summer I talked with a Washington intelligence expert, Peter Vincent Pry, on the reasons for nuclear testing. The Clinton administration maintains that underground nuclear tests are no longer necessary since computers can now conduct "virtual" nuclear tests. These, say the administration, are sufficient for assuring that our bombs are in working order. I asked Pry about this. He told me that simulated tests conducted on computers are of dubious value. "Simulated tests are not the same as real tests," he said. But the Clinton administration doesn't want any more real tests.
According to Clinton we have not tested a nuclear weapon since 1992, and we will not resume testing until after he leaves office in January 2001. In fact, Clinton is hopeful that the U.S. Senate will eventually ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (so that America will never again test a nuclear weapon).
Clinton did not confront the fact that a test ban might result in the gradual erosion of our nuclear deterrent. He did not acknowledge the existence of a very real nuclear threat from Russia and China. Instead, he blasted the United States Senate for "reckless partisanship" and for threatening the economic wellbeing and national security of the country. The president further stated, "We will not abandon our commitment to the treaty." In other words, he will enforce the treaty whether the Senate likes it or not.
It was an odd performance for a U.S. president to suggest that our nuclear arsenal is a serious threat to peace. Every U.S. president, from Harry S. Truman to George Bush has publicly stated that America should be second to none in nuclear power. Some recent presidents, like Nixon and Carter, compromised our nuclear strength by signing foolish arms control agreements with the Russians. Even so, they never said that our arsenal was a threat to peace.
"The future of our children is in peril," warned Clinton. Then he proceeded to impugn the good faith of the Republican Senate leadership.
"Why can't you accept that vote (against the treaty) as a good faith expression of conviction?" asked one journalist.
Clinton answered by incorrectly suggesting that all the nation's top scientists and generals were in favor of the test ban. Clinton said the treaty provides for 300 sensors to detect treaty violations, and he said the treaty provides for on-site inspections -- even though the Russians and Chinese have blocked both monitoring efforts and on-site inspections. Glossing over the treaty's one-sided anti-American tilt, Clinton said that American security depended on America's willingness to give up nuclear testing.
"There are always going to be objections from the country that is in the best position," said Clinton. From his point of view it would be wrong for America to maintain the first rank among nuclear powers. Even though America's nuclear deterrent has kept the world safe for over five decades, Clinton feels it's time for a change. The world's only superpower -- America -- must set an example.
The idea that America is the world's only superpower combines flattery and disinformation in one lump. America's military power has been in decline since its Reagan-era high in 1985. People are always talking about the bad state of the Russian army. The poor morale of our own forces is hardly mentioned.
In typical demagogic fashion, Clinton warned that renewed nuclear testing would "gut our efforts to have more teachers in the classroom."
This is a surprising statement coming from our national leader. Never before has a president of the United States suggested that military strength could only be purchased at the expense of our children's education.
On the subject of national ballistic missile defense, Clinton said, "If we had the potential to protect our people ... it would be the responsible thing to deploy such a system." But all the same, he added, we cannot tear up the ABM Treaty. Clinton then suggested that whatever defensive system we developed should be shared with the Russians.
Clinton said that America should not desire more weapons than it already has. In his view, weapons do not guarantee our safety and security. Only scraps of paper and Russian promises can make us secure. Clinton did not address the fact that Russia has been caught in numerous treaty violations. He did not discuss their nuclear modernization program.
Treaty-breaking is an honored Kremlin tradition. In 1987 Senator Malcolm Wallop and Angelo Codevilla wrote an excellent volume entitled, "The Arms Control Delusion: How Twenty-Five Years of Arms Control Has Made the World Less Safe." Wallop and Codevilla pointed out that the same Russian organization that was in charge of tactical concealment and military deception was also in charge of arms control policy. This is still true today.
Senator Wallop was objecting to President Reagan's negotiations with Moscow. The Russians always cheat, he said, and we always let them get away with it. Gorbachev was no different than earlier Soviet leaders. The same argument also applies to Boris Yeltsin. The oligarchy of the Russian Federation is the old Soviet oligarchy -- old wolves in new sheepskin.
The United States government under Bill Clinton refuses to entertain the possibility of a Russian nuclear attack. Clinton refuses to grasp the implications of a large Russian missile force that only exists to attack America. This is clear when we look at the range capability of Russian missiles. The reality of the situation is lost on a delusional administration which is determined to defend its policy with a bodyguard of lies. Up until 1995 the National Intelligence Estimates produced by the combined effort of America's intelligence organizations -- CIA, NSA, DIA, and military services -- maintained that Russia was a serious nuclear threat to the United States. But President Clinton used political pressure to force the intelligence community into an assessment that conformed to his personal beliefs. On Feb. 28, 1996, the U.S. intelligence community broke down and accepted the "politically correct" dictate of the Clinton White House. NIE 95-19, the most recent National Intelligence Estimate, stated, "With the end of the Cold War, the United States faces a clearly diminished threat of nuclear attack by the missile forces of the former Soviet Union."
President Clinton was not interested in an objective analysis of the Russian threat. He wanted the threat to be disregarded. It did not matter to him that many intelligence officers strongly disagreed with NIE 95-19. "Dissent was especially strong among those tracking Russian strategic thinking and nuclear force modernization," says Peter Vincent Pry in his newly released book, "War Scare." "Their more sobering views, which should have been reflected in the main findings of NIE 95-19, were ignored. The document did not allow one dissenting footnote into its easy dismissal of the Russian nuclear threat."
On Sept. 8 U.S. intelligence detected an underground explosion at Novaya Zemlya, a remote Russian military base. Some analysts believe it was a small nuclear test. I asked Peter Vincent Pry about Russian violations of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which they have repeatedly promised to uphold. Pry replied that there was evidence of Russian violations. There was even an incident in the summer of 1997 which got major press attention. American intelligence detected an "earthquake" in Russia which had a shock wave consistent with that of a nuclear test. The Russians denied the violation, saying it was a natural event. Without further discussion or investigation, the Clinton administration accepted Moscow's assurances.
Earlier this month the CIA admitted that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was unverifiable. CIA experts explained that low yield nuclear explosions, below the five-kiloton range, could not be distinguished from conventional explosions. Since the Russians have continued to set off low-yield explosions, and since they have denied us an opportunity for on-site inspections, we are forced to take Moscow's word for it.
That is why the U.S. Senate decided against the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The Senate does not share the president's delusions about Russian compliance. The Senate does not believe we can maintain our nuclear deterrent without testing. Meanwhile the president cynically accuses the Senate of endangering our children's future. In truth, Bill Clinton is determined to deprive us of our strongest weapons.
President Clinton, a man who lives by polls, claimed on Thursday that most Americans favor the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. If this is true, then our country is woefully misinformed.
Senator Trent Lott, replying to Clinton's charges against the Senate, said the treaty was "ineffectual, unverifiable, (and) unenforceable." Lott denied the president's charge that the Senate leadership had dishonestly hurried the treaty to a vote. He denied that the Senate had voted out of ignorance. In fact, said Lott, it was the president who had attempted to rush the treaty through the Senate. It was the president who wanted to shorten the debate. But the president's tactic backfired.
Behind the president's deceit, beneath his public lies, he remains deluded by Russian promises. Some have criticized Clinton for lacking conviction and for changing his mind on this or that; but if you saw Clinton's performance on Oct. 14 you would realize that this man remains a determined opponent of a strong American military, and an advocate of the Russian and Chinese position on arms control.
A delusion is a false belief. In this context, the president of the United States is determined to base our nation's security on a delusion. The United States Senate has taken a necessary and important step. We need to encourage our senators to oppose all arms control and disarmament treaties that involve Russia and China. George Washington once said, "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace." It would be irresponsible in the extreme to allow our nuclear arsenal to degenerate while Russia and China continue to test their weapons behind the facade of a bad treaty.
If we do not put an end to the arms control delusion, it could be the end of us.
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John/az
"The middle of the road between the extremes of good and evil, is evil. When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!