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Got Nukes?

by Jim Emerson, staff writer

In another effort to divert attention from the President’s abysmal record heading into this election year the White House threw out another hand grenade to distract any scrutiny. The Obama Administration announced that it’s considering drastic reductions to America’s nuclear arsenal. According to several news outlets, the Administration is planning to cut the total number of nuclear warheads by 80%.

The current START pact calls for the United States to reduce their inventory to 1,550 deployable warheads by 2018. Now the administration plans to ask the Russians to reduce the inventory to 300 to 400 warheads leaving the two largest nuclear powers to have the same amount of warheads as China. In faculty lounge out of touch with reality logic, this White House believes that the Russians will agree to reduce their inventory and may convince Iran and North Korea to abandon their nuclear programs. Shortly after his “immaculation” to the … Continue Reading:Got Nukes?

Iran preparing for war

by Jim Emerson, staff writer

Last May, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Revolutionary Guards to rapidly increase the development and deployment of its nuclear weapons program. Recently the Washington Times has reported that the Supreme Leader ordered the Guards to be prepared for war against Israel and the United States. The Iranian regimes’ National Security Council has determined that there is a strong possibility that Israel and the United States will attack the Islamic Republic in 2012. Yet the Council isn’t worried, believing that the Republic will be victorious and viewed as the champion of Islam. (1)

Nuclear Agenda

The Islamic Republic planned to acquire a cache of nuclear weapons and use them in order to gain respect and spread Islam around the world. Indeed, Iran would have no compunction about using the bomb to “Bring the West to its knees.” (1) Washington Times’ reporter Reza Kahlili points out; “They also have concluded … Continue Reading:Iran preparing for war

GE and China

 

By Jim Emerson, staff writer

General Electric sees China as the world’s fastest growing market and will depend on cheap labor to keep its technological edge. They are able to work with the Chinese state run companies without the restrictions being placed on them by the EPA, OSHA and dealing with labor unions Not only are they selling out American workers they are helping a foreign military to catch up with the U.S. aerospace industry. This is the same company who’s Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt told American companies they need to hire more people. (2)

Dual use technologies

“Dual use” is a term referring to technologies that can be used for civilian and military applications. This is a hot topic when companies are doing business with the Chinese. In order for GE to engage in a joint venture with China’s state-run Aviation Industry Corp it must prove to the U.S. government that none of the technologies shared … Continue Reading:GE and China

Obama’s weakness has emboldened China to violate Taiwan’s airspace for first time since 1999

By Jim Emerson, staff writer

China has been demanding the U.S. halt all reconnaissance flights over international waters near its boarder. China’s Defense Ministry told the Global Times newspaper “We demand that the U.S. respect China’s sovereignty and security interests, and take concrete measures to boost a healthy and stable development of military relations.” The only problem is that the US surveillance flights have been operating outside of China’s sovereign territory.

Tensions have increased after a pair of Chinese fighters attempted to intercept and American U-2 flying over the Taiwan Strait which is the waterway separating Taiwan from Mainland China. The U-2 was over international waters and not in China’s airspace. In an effort to halt future surveillance flights China scrambled two Su-27s to intercept the unarmed reconnaissance aircraft. During the intercept one of the Su-27s violated Taiwan’s airspace.

In ground controlled intercepts, as used by most oppressive regimes, the fighters wouldn’t be … Continue Reading:Obama’s weakness has emboldened China to violate Taiwan’s airspace for first time since 1999

Mortal threat

By Jim Emerson, staff writer

While briefing the US Senate Committee about Worldwide threats, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper was asked by Sen. Joe Manchin D-West Virginia on which country is the greatest threat to America. In Gen Clapper’s assessment was that Russia and China are the greatest threats.

Their nuclear arsenals do pose a mortal threat to the U.S. mainland. However, the DNI did point out that the U.S. does have a Nuclear Treaty with Russia but not with China.

START

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) is an arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia. Like it or not it is still in effect. The DNI doesn’t believe the Russians have no desire to have a nuclear exchange with us. According to Clapper “We have a treaty, the New START treaty, with the Russians. I guess I would rank them a little lower because we don’t have such a … Continue Reading:Mortal threat