The nuclear nonproliferation signing will not reduce global arsenal, while re-elevating Russia to “super-power” status; another Obama blunder…

 Today’s signing by the United States and Russia of the nuclear nonproliferation agreement was not an event that advances United States interests in any way. The “historic” signing accomplished one thing, and one thing only, it re-elevated Russia from “just another nation,” to an apparent “super-power,” a nation that the United States views as an equal!

The nonproliferation agreement will not get Russia to help the United States curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, nor will it help with North Korea, India, Israel,  and others who are not presently interested in United States desire for a world free of nuclear weapons… 

The new nuclear nonproliferation agreement will not likely reduce the global nuclear arsenal. While the United States and Russia may reduce their nuclear stock-piles, it is likely that North Korea and Israel will increase the size of their nuclear arsenals, and that Iran will attempt to build nuclear weapons of its own. India will likely stay-put with its nuclear arsenal, unless actions by Pakistan prompts it to act differently.

AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED:

Obama’s [Nuclear] Naiveté: US disastrous foreign policy!

United States President, Barak Hussein Obama, appears to be an ideologue exhibiting naiveté that only a young person, a person inexperienced in ways of the world, can have.

President Obama seems to feel that changing the world to a non-nuclear environment, is possible. To that end the American President pushed Russia, and succeeded in getting it to agree to sign a new Nuclear Non-proliferation Agreement. Obama, and Secretary Clinton, tout the Agreement as a great foreign relation success by the United States. In reality, “agreeing to agree,” was a coup for the Russians, a “feather in their cap,” if you will, not a win by the United States. 

Consistent with an inept United States foreign policy of the last year, the Obama Administration, in order to “sway” the Russians to agree to the most recent nuclear Non-proliferation Agreement, revised its commitment to Eastern Europe and decided to pull the missile defense initiative from that area. Letting down allies in Europe was a major concession to Russia, the US did not get anything back from the Russians.

The Russians, for example, are not helping the US with its effort to curb Iran’s nuclear work, nor with its dealing with North Korea. On the other hand, signing of the Nuclear nonproliferation Agreement elevated the Russian back to a state of a world “super-power,” a position that it essentially lost with the break-up of the Soviet Union (USSR.)

The new United States approach to nuclear technology demonstrates naiveté beyond anything reasonable. To start with, there are a number of countries possessing nuclear weapons and technology, who are not signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation agreement.  A country like Israel, for example, a country surrounded on all sides (but the sea) by adversarial nations with some fifty times the population of Israel, is not likely to, neither should it be expected, to reduce its capacity to retaliate should it is attacked. Even though Israel’s nuclear arsenal may only be some 20% that of the United States, and Russia, it is a formidable force that could likely be used to destroys Iran’s developing nuclear technology, and to protect Israel other interests, especially its security.

The issue with Israel’s nukes at a time when Barak Obama is attempting to reduce nuclear weapons around the globe, is particularly severe since the Obama Administration created a significant chasm-of-trust with Israel, clearly suggesting to Israel that it must be able to fend for herself.  

additionally, one must remember that Israel is not the only country that must be prepared to defend itself through the use of nuclear weapons. In the same general area of the world one must remember India and its nuclear neighbor and adversary, Pakistan.

Last, but not the least two issues, are North Korea with demonstrated nuclear capability, and Iran which is mocking United States efforts to slow its nuclear development and which already demonstrated the nuclear “delivery” capability to reach all the Middle East, most of Europe, and North Africa.

There is little or no doubt that President Barak Hussein Obama means well; but actions and words are more important than ideals and desires, it is time for the young American President to wake-up and realize those facts. Reducing nuclear arsenals is not the key to word peace, being loyal to friends, and mending fences with allies, are steps President Obama must take before he can even take credible action towards world peace. Better relations with allies (including mutual defense agreement,) will allow the United States to start dealing with adversaries, and to do so from strength, not as it has being doing (since President Obama took office,) from weakness.