Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...should get their values from what they see on television. This goes for entertainers and Presidents. Obama can't do the work of the family. It's not his job to buy your kid a belt or teach him to box. His job is to monitor this nation's nuclear arsenal, not your daughter's iPod...
...install Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, between two NATO member countries, Poland and Lithuania, in order to neutralize a missile system that the U.S. intends to set up in Poland and the Czech Republic. The U.S. insists that its proposed missile shield is meant to protect Europe from a possible nuclear attack from Iran, but Russia believes that it is actually aimed at their nation. Medvedev’s declaration that Russia will place missiles in Kaliningrad follows after previous warnings that—by agreeing to the U.S. missile system—Poland is making itself vulnerable to an attack...
...argument justifying the move, moreover, has no rational grounds in a post-Cold War Europe. A missile shield in Poland would not endanger Russia in any way. To believe it could, one would have to assume that Russia’s safety presently depends on its capacity for nuclear deterrence against a possible strike from a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member or another European state...
...Another priority for the Obama administration will be the Middle East. With two wars, Iran’s nuclear aspirations, and the perennial Israel-Palestine quagmire, to say the region is a ticking bomb is an understatement. Perhaps more than anywhere else, Obama’s reputation and credibility have a real potential to better this region, particularly in achieving a modus vivendi for Israel. Although the prospect of full American withdrawal from Iraq sounds frightening, Obama’s insistence on furthering efforts in Afghanistan are promising, especially if they involve further multilateral involvement and tangible nation-building...
...Navy officials have said the San Antonio has so many problems because it is the first ship in its class, a claim Polmar dismisses. "We've been building these kinds of ships since 1943," he says. "It has no big missiles, no advanced radar and no nuclear propulsion." The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said last year that the San Antonio's woes began because the Navy relied on "immature" computer blueprints that infected its entire construction. That led to delays that cost up to five times what it would have if the work had been done in proper sequence...