Obama, Romney, and US nuclear weapons policy

10/16/2012 12:59 By LOUIS RENÉ BERES

Positions on nuclear weapons and US national security must be clear.

US President Obama with Mitt Romney at debate

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If he should win re-election, US President Barack Obama will likely reaffirm his oft-declared goal of a "nuclear-weapons free world." Although this objective will resonate pleasingly with all who "seek peace," it is both unattainable and undesirable. Moreover, in the particular case of Israel, a close US ally, any "successful" regional or worldwide denuclearization could open the doors to catastrophic enemy aggressions.

Here, such aggressions could even be irremediable.

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Obama, Romney, and US nuclear weapons policy

Positions on nuclear weapons and US national security must be clear.

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