Bush wants to MODERNIZE with NEW WEAPONS!
The Sword
"Nuclear Warhead Cut From Spending Bill; Congress Instead Seeks 'Weapons Strategy'" by Walter Pincus Washington Post December 18, 2007
Congress has cut all funding for continuing development next year of a new nuclear warhead from the omnibus domestic spending bill, handing the Bush administration a significant setback. Instead, the measure, which Congress expects to vote on this week, directs the administration to develop and submit to lawmakers a "comprehensive nuclear weapons strategy for the 21st century," according to the draft report of the appropriations bill.
That strategy, to be prepared by the departments of Defense and Energy plus the intelligence community, is to contain a mission assessment of the new strategic nuclear deterrent, a definition of the weapons stockpile needed to carry it out, and the modernized weapons complex that could produce it and keep it reliable, the conference report says.
Rep. Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that handles funding of the nuclear weapons program:
"Moving forward on a new nuclear weapon is not something this nation should do without great consideration. [With the end of the Cold War and a new threat from terrorists seeking nuclear materials], the U.S. needs a comprehensive nuclear defense strategy, and a revised stockpile plan to guide the transformation and downsizing of the complex . . . to reflect the new realities of the world."
Why do we have to go forward at all with these murderous wastes of money?
A spokesman for the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration, which runs the RRW program, announced disappointment in the conferees' action:
"[It means] we will likely have to go down a path of a full-life extension program for nuclear weapons in our stockpile, which in the long run will be more costly, without introducing modern safety and security measures into our weapons."
Yup, here we are DEVELOPING NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS while BERATING IRAN for NOT EVEN WANTING ONE!
Oh, the STENCH of the HYPOCRISY, readers!
And NOW, this PROPAGANDA is on the site!
"Bush to shrink nuclear program; Workforce would be cut by 7,200" by Walter Pincus, Washington Post | December 19, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration announced its intention yesterday to modernize and sharply reduce the size of the nation's aging nuclear weapons program by closing or abandoning 600 buildings at facilities across the country and gradually reducing the associated workforce by at least 7,200.
Like it was THEIR IDEA!
AmeriKa's MSM not only sucks, it sucks Bushcock!!!!!
The plan would also leave key parts of the US nuclear weapons program intact, including research centers where scientists study the effects of nuclear blasts, monitor how existing warheads are faring, and examine potential designs for warheads. Nearly 30,000 people would still be employed in nuclear arms work.
Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists:
"[The plan] is a bookkeeping event, [because the number of warheads deployed will not be much reduced]."
The Shield
"US missile plan a spur to detente; Poland, Russia to confer in '08" by Judy Dempsey, International Herald Tribune | December 19, 2007
BERLIN - Signaling an improvement in relations that had deteriorated under the previous Polish government, Russia and Poland said yesterday they would hold consultations over US plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.
On taking office, the Tusk government moved quickly to mend relations with Moscow. Many people in Poland and the Czech Republic are skeptical of the US deployment plan, according to opinion polls."
But WE WILL FORCE it DOWN THEIR THROATS, anyway!
