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\"NuclearExplosion3\"<\/p>\n

Nuclear weapon test Romeo on\u00a0Bikini atoll:\u00a0part of Operation Castle. (27 March 1954) [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

\u2014 John F. Kennedy, 10-22-62<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note how he said that nuclear attacks not only against the US, but any<\/em>\u00a0nation in an entire hemisphere (half the world), would require an attack (probably nuclear) against the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

President Carter stated in an interview in 1985<\/a> that he warned the Ayatollah: \u201cif any of them [Iranian hostages] were killed, we would attack Iran militarily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus, the death of one man<\/em> was enough for Carter to threaten an attack on the nation of Iran.<\/p>\n

President Truman issued a threat to Japan<\/a> in 1945, after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and before Nagasaki:<\/p>\n

It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. Their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

North Korea\u2019s party newspaper had stated, \u201cThe day the US dares tease our nation with a nuclear rod and sanctions, the mainland US will be catapulted into an unimaginable sea of fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump retorted (in words quite similar to Truman\u2019s):<\/p>\n

North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen\u2026 he has been very threatening beyond a normal state. They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When JFK does it, it\u2019s a \u201cgreat speech\u201d and indicative of nobility and majesty (indeed, one of the renowned moments of his presidency). Carter can threaten war over the death of one hostage. Truman can use almost the same words, even though no one else even had<\/em>\u00a0nuclear weapons at the time (in other words, the threat to us was exponentially<\/em> less than it is now).<\/p>\n

But when President Trump issued a warning after North Korea literally threatened annihilation of US cities (and threatened Guam by name by the end of the day yesterday), Sen. Dianne Feinstein referred to his words as \u201cbombastic comments.\u201d Rep. Eliot Engel called the sentiment \u201cunhinged.\u201d Sen. Ben Cardin said that the President \u201cshould not be engaging in the same kind of bluster and provocative statements as North Korea about nuclear war.\u201d Sen. Chuck Schumer categorized them as \u201creckless.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do these Democrat nattering nabobs\u00a0and their RINO \u201cuseful idiot\u201d comrades expect<\/em>\u00a0a President to say in such a situation? I guess it should be something like, \u201cCome and pulverize our cities and murder millions of Americans, and we\u2019ll do nothing, because we only have\u00a0warm fuzzy feelings for you. No need to worry about any response from us<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump is in this almost (militarily and morally) impossible<\/em> situation in the first place, because of the stupidity<\/a> and naivete<\/a> of President Bill Clinton in 1994, when (like Neville Chamberlain with regard to Hitler in 1940), he was foolish enough (with the direct assistance<\/a> of President Carter) to trust the North Koreans to abide by an agreement not to develop a nuclear program.<\/p>\n

So here we are, thanks to Democrat incompetence and witless trust in some of the worst dictators to ever walk the face of the earth, and we have choices facing us that have never before occurred in the history of the world. \u00a0But Trump is a Republican<\/em>, so he has to put down as a dolt and an idiot, for issuing a Truman-like warning: one hardly different from what JFK stated during the Cuban Missile Crisis.<\/p>\n

Likewise, Ronald Reagan was pilloried as a warmonger and a dunce. Yet somehow<\/em> he managed to outfox Gorbachev in arms negotiations, and somehow<\/em><\/strong> managed to not<\/em> get us into World War III (contrary to the confident predictions of about 30 million liberal pundits and naysayers). And he sought to develop the Strategic Defense Initiative <\/a>(remember that?), so we could move away from the notion of \u201cmutually assured destruction\u201d. But the liberals mocked it\u00a0and lied about it, derisively calling it \u201cStar Wars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right about now (with a very real nuclear threat hanging over the heads of the Japanese, South Koreans, and even the mainland US), that idea looks pretty good<\/em>, doesn\u2019t it? We have pretty extraordinary defensive capabilities, but likely not enough to completely<\/em> prevent a successful nuclear strike somewhere, should North Korea commence an attack. It didn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always the same. Republicans are trashed and insulted, no matter what they do. Meanwhile, we are in a grave crisis that could quickly become the worst the world has ever known. It would seem to be a time for unity<\/em>, if there ever was one. But not for liberals and Democrats! Talking points and derision towards Republicans, conservatives, and above all<\/em>, the Great Satan, Donald Trump, are more important than the crisis at hand.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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