Haplo,
Well other than just slamming Obama, your post does not support your position at all. Have you read President Bush's NPR from 2001? Or the Clinton one from 95? Reading those would give you a better insight on what the NPR is for.
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That is NOT what this is freaking for! Its a guidline of how we WILL act - not a "roadmap for an agenda"!
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Other than your opinion, what do you base this on? The guideline for how we will use nuclear weapons is the SIOP and that is not released to the public.
"The Nuclear Posture Review was chartered in October 1993 to determine what the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security strategy should be."
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http://www.dod.mil/execsec/adr95/npr_.html
I don't know where you got the idea that the NPR is some sort of "A posture review is one of two things.... They are either "If -then" statements - aka "If you nuke us - then we will nuke you" - or they are specifically vague statements that allow you enough leeway to act in response to a future, unknown situation."
The NPR is the US security strategy concerning nuclear weapons. It reflects both the DOD and the President's views on the overall strategy.
Read the Clinton NPR and the Bush NPR, Both are also lacking if-then ultimatums. That's not what the NPR is for. That is what the SIOP is for.
Put your emotions aside for a moment and think about it. Why would any President publish, in an unclassified document, the triggers for the use of nuclear weapons? They wouldn't. Clinton did not do it, Bush did not do it, nor did Obama do it. But all three did reduce the significance of nuclear weapons with respect to the overall security strategy of the United States, while at the same time retained the capability to use nuclear weapons if needed.
As for the pictures..
You really spent time counting the pictures? You know, I have spent many hours reviewing the NPR at work, and we never bothered to count the pictures. I will tell our other analysts that they really need to start focusing on pictures.
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Instead of counting pictures, how about checking out this
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...79-503544.html
A layman's guide to the Obama NPR.
You are getting spun up over something little. Read my post on the Obama NPR in this thread. It is simply not that big of a deal. The President still has the authority to nuke anyone he feels deserves nukin. If a shootin war starts, the NPR goes right out the window as it is just a strategy document.
Unless your post was just another excuse to slam Obama.
