By Barry Secrest

(Excerpt)

Laudable but Unrealistic

While reducing nuclear weapons is laudable, the thing to remember with regard to nuclear arms is this:  No weapons program in the history of man-kind has been more instrumental in limiting a world-wide engagement of opposing forces.   The advent of the Nuclear Age has resulted in small-scale wars and skirmishes only.  The dire and sobering threat of nuclear annihilation is, most likely, the one thing that has kept the world out of the World Wars that plagued the globe during the the first 50 years of the 20th century.  With regard to Obama's ill-advised modified US stance to possible attackers, we would point to the writings of Sun Tzu who states in The Art of War:

"In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch one can attain is to conceal them."

Perhaps the "ostensibly" well-read Obama skipped that book along with the Bill of Rights while in his formative days of learning.  In fact, the Conservative  President who brought an end to the Cold War espoused a viewpoint of "peace through strength."  Ronald Reagan's insights regarding war and prosperity seem to have been forgotten, despite President  Reagan's having been one of the most successful at leading this Country of any President at any time.  Reagan, in fact, believed the best way to avoid war was to counter the current method being toyed with by this Administration, which seems one of appeasement.  Some would insist that Reagan wished to rid the world of nuclear weapons; however, Reagan's being a "realist" would have most likely meant that a limited supply of nuclear weapons would be the best option one could hope for.

Coordinating Defense to Match the Economy

President Reagan believed in Vegetius' maxim of, "if you want peace, prepare for war," which has been the essential (waxing and waning) defining code of this Country since the dark days of WWII.  But seeing that the economy has been emaciated to the point of showing its rib-boned definition, why not make the same effort with our Country's defenses?

We feel certain that the President will whiff this "defensive strategy" ball as well-- as it curves past the plate.

But both the President and Congress have shown a stance and a face within their Domestic Policies which belie their stance and face to the world.  It's almost as if this administration is acting out a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde routine with the hideous Mr. Hyde showing up...

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