{"id":22338,"date":"2016-12-24T20:24:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T01:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=22338"},"modified":"2016-12-24T20:24:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T01:24:57","slug":"while-blaming-trump-for-arms-race-obama-signs-momentous-star-wars-ii-defense-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=22338","title":{"rendered":"While Blaming Trump For “Arms Race”, Obama Signs Momentous “Star Wars II” Defense Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Blaming Trump For “Arms Race”, Obama Signs Momentous “Star Wars II” Defense Bill<\/a><\/h3>\n
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As politicians and mainstream media blast Trump’s apparently incendiary tweet regarding nuclear arms, none other than President\u00a0Obama just signed legislation<\/strong>\u00a0that, by striking a single word from longstanding US nuclear defence policy, could\u00a0heighten tensions with Russia and China and launch the country on an expensive effort to build space-based defense systems<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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Oh the irony… Following Trump’s tweet…<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span>Donald J. Trump<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2714<\/span><\/span>@realDonaldTrump<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes<\/p>\n

11:50 AM – 22 Dec 2016<\/a><\/div>\n
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The mainstream media has lambasted the president-elect for “endangering the world” and “starting another nuclear arms race.” However,\u00a0that same mainstream media appears mute in their response to what President Obama just did…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The National Defence Authorisation Act, a year-end policy bill encompassing virtually every aspect of the US military,\u00a0contained two provisions with potentially momentous consequences.<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0As AP reports,<\/a><\/p>\n

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One\u00a0struck the word \u201climited\u201d from language describing the mission of the country\u2019s homeland missile defence system<\/strong>. The system is said to be designed to thwart a small-scale attack by a non-superpower such as North Korea or Iran.<\/div>\n

A\u00a0related provision calls for the Pentagon to start \u201cresearch, development, test and evaluation\u201d of space-based systems for missile defence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Together, the provisions signal that the US will seek to use advanced technology to defeat both small-scale and large-scale nuclear attacks.<\/p>\n

That could unsettle the decades-old balance of power among the major nuclear states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huge bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress approved the policy changes over the past month, with virtually no public debate.<\/p>\n

Although the White House had earlier criticised the changes, it stopped short of threatening a veto.\u00a0On Friday, Obama signed the legislation.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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