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Obama to Limit Potential Uses of Nuclear Weapons

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Dragoon68, Apr 6, 2010.

  1. matt wade

    matt wade Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I can tell you are a peace maker with comments such as "It's easy to tell who the right-wing war-mongers are.". Way to try and keep the peace there Ghandi.
     
  2. Robert Snow

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    Well, it is easy. Why don't you comment as to the crux of my posting instead of more verbal bantering?
     
  3. rbell

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    Glad to see you've recovered from your "accident," and are back to posting insults. :rolleyes:

    Shame on you for feeding us the line about your recent "change of heart." And shame on us for believing that you were doing anything other than trying to play those on the BB with whom you disagree. I doubt you ever had a change of heart...and to be honest, I'm not so sure that your whole accident/epiphany/whatever wasn't a complete fabrication.

    There are several fairly liberal BB members on here with whom I often disagree...but very few (if any) of them would stoop so low as to concoct the story you did...just to try and "score some points."

    By the way...have you thanked a hateful, warmonging serviceman lately for defending your right to engage in such talk, and such deception?
     
  4. righteousdude2

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    Way to Go rbell...

    I can't understand why people are... well, I'm not going to say what I was going to say. We are a free nation because of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. That is why I totally agree with your comment to Robert.
     
  5. Robert Snow

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    Thank you, I have recovered, as much as I will without shoulder replacement surgery, which I probably will not have.

    Do you have anything to say to Matt Wade concerning his insults?

    I don't care if you believe me or not. I had an accident and spent 13 days in the hospital.

    I did not say nothing about our military personal. You exgerate so much it makes you a liar. You say I may not have had an accident and then you accuse me of concocting a story. You are the one who is lying.

    Do you believe it is good to be a war-monger? Does being in the military make one a war-monger? I would not think so. There job is to keep the peace, but I guess anyone who disagrees with you is subject to being accused of most anything.
     
  6. rbell

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    RS, I'm glad you have recovered. After re-reading my post, I feel sure that it was out of line/over the line. I've reported it, and asked it to be removed. Whether I disagree with you or not, that was not the time/place/method to air my views. My apologies.
     
  7. RAdam

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    One thing I've learned in the past few years is there are a lot of naive people in this world, and many of them live in this country.

    I sincerely wish the nuclear weapon had never been made in the first place. The ability to kill huge numbers of people in one pop is a horrible thing. However, pandora's box has been opened. Just as when gunpowder came around, you can't put it back in the box people. It's too late. We can dream about a nuclear free world if we want to, but it is simply not going to happen. Open your eyes. We live in a wicked world, a world lead about by the prince of the power of the air, the ruler of the darkness of this world, Satan. That's why there's never been peace and never will be peace until the Prince of Peace returns to judge this world and cast Satan into everlasting fire. Jesus said there would be wars and rumors of wars, and that's exactly what we have. The nuclear weapon is here to stay. If the US is stupid enough, and naive enough, to believe that everyone else is honest enough and noble enough to put their arms down then we are in major trouble.

    By the way, don't bother calling me a war-monger. I'm not. I want us to pull our boys home yesterday. I think we are wrong for fighting the battles for other people. Our forefathers did too. Washington, in his farewell address, warned against that. However, while I don't like war and don't want to be involved in it, I'm also a realist.
     
  8. donnA

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    all we really can do is do away with our own, which leave sus open to attack by anyone then, as long as anyone has nuclear weapons, we need them also.
     
  9. Phillip

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    Nukes vs. terrorists

    War has become assymetrical and I can guarantee you that we can put the strangle hold on any country on the globe if required, without the use of nukes.

    Our threat today is homeland terrorist attacks and attacks of American assets in other countries (soft targets).

    I am very proud of Obama and quite suprised at the international and battlefield understanding of our chief. He understands the situation and he is arming America for the future wars we will fight.

    With our technology, believe me, we have so many ways to kill our fellow human beings that nukes are actually an outdated and very heavy to maintain as far as keeping them in full working order.

    Should we keep a certain amount? Absolutely, as long as other countries have nukes we must have nukes, but remember numbers don't mean anything when you can kill a country many times over. Our focus today is defense against incoming missiles not only short range for countries like Israel who are prime candidates for idiots like Iran and long range non-explosive missiles which kill simply by kinetic energy. These are already deployed and its no secret.

    Our biggest problem is now intel whether from the sky, the drones or the actual infiltrators (who really risk life and limb to obtain information on targetting terrorist leaders). We already have an overload of incoming sensor information that is now being solved with more powerful computer systems to automate things like watching highways coming out of Mexico with cameras and using the same software used for years in casinos to ID known criminals, drug traffickers or terrorists by taking pictures of everybody inside the car as they pass these cameras. Go to the Department of Transportation and do a search for cameras and homeland security and you will find what I'm talking about.

    The Bible was always very clear to Israel to remain strong militarily to stop their enemies and that applies to us today. A lot of people would do away with all our weapons. That would actually be nice, but you cannot do it on a one sided basis especially when your enemy is willing to use commercial airlines as huge cruise missiles.

    By the way, I am now an engineer working in the Joint Munitions command of the Army. My job is safety of ammunition from its storage sites to its tactical sites and back again. This requires a good overall knowledge of everything we have, so don't worry about how many nukes we have compared to Russia's. If we were to exchange missiles, we would both have overkill and even these treaties don't bring this down low enough to prevent all out catastrophie. The positive side is that we have to start somewhere and each time we come to the tables we are lowering the threat of a nuclear warhead getting into the hands of a terrorist, which is our biggest threat today. We don't need to worry about incoming missiles, we need to worry about who is going to get a warhead onto US soil and set it off in a highly populated area, or strategic military base.

    Don't lay your gun down until you confirm your enemy has already laid his down and with terrorists on the rampage, that is unlikely in the near future and it may take a tactical nuclear threat to make Iran and North Korea see the light---that is their only method of understanding and you must negotiate with them the way they think, not the way WE think.
     
  10. billwald

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    If God can create the US of A for a purpose then God can protect the US until the purpose is accomplished. If God is done with the US then a zillion bombs will not help.
     
  11. Dragoon68

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    I like this approach best! Even so, if I laid it down it would be not too far from ready reach.
     
  12. righteousdude2

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    Jesus Was A Radical...

    If He was liberal, than why did the liberals nail Him to the cross???
     
  13. righteousdude2

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    It Would Be Best to Never Lay Down Your Arms...

    The laying down of arms will only happen when the Lion lays down with the Lamb!
     
  14. righteousdude2

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    You Missed This One, Brother...

    There appears to be quite a few of those naive people on this Board, too... :laugh:
     
  15. Robert Snow

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    They didn't. The Roman soldiers nailed Him to the cross. Do you think Jesus was in favor of war? Isn't one of His names, Prince of Peace?
     
  16. Dragoon68

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    The Lord God has permitted or directed that there be war for reasons that fulfill His purposes since not long after the creation and fall of man.
     
  17. RAdam

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    It aggravates me when people make Jesus into a peace loving hippie. Jesus was not a liberal. He was not a conservative either. Jesus was and is the Son of God. Jesus didn't get into politics, He cared nothing for that arena. Jesus didn't get into money either, He cared absolutely nothing for earthly gain. Jesus was all about serving the Father. The same man that told Peter to put his sword up again because all they who take the sword shall perish with the sword also said He wasn't come to bring peace but a sword, to set man at odds with each other, the daughter against the mother, etc.
     
  18. Bob Alkire

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    Keep in mind our history. We had folks protesting for us not to get into WWII. Many of them believed we were wrong after WWII was over. I had a college professor who blamed most of WWII on the US.

    I recall folks saying better red than dead and marching for us not to get into the Korean war or action.

    If I understand this deal correctly Russia can opt out if they believe or nuclear defence ruff's or upsets them. And we wont use nuclear weapons on countries even if they use chemical weapons on us. I don't care for the above.
     
  19. blackbird

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    Now---here's the real test!!!!!!

    Instead of "O" broadcasting the world that we won't use our nukes----let him instead make the broadcast as follows

    Seal up all Presidential attack bunkers----thats right---we want peace and will lead the way with being the first to do away with our "Presidential bunker!!!"

    You see-----Russia's President Puten would be a complete idiot to fill in and seal up his bunker!!!!!!
     
  20. Crabtownboy

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    For the time and culture he lived in Jesus was a radical liberal. He surely was not a conservative else the Pharasees, the conservative fundamentalists of that day, would not have disliked him so much.

    1. He talked to the Samaritan woman at the well. Not something a conservative would ever do at that time.

    2. He defended the women taken in adultry. A consertative at that time would have helped stone her.

    3. He said Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. [Matt. 5:9]

    4, Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as yourself." That is still a radical liberal idea.

    5. Did not Jesus say that if you thought about murdering another or lusted after a women, you were guilty. That is still a radical liberal idea.

    6. Does not scripture say, "He who lives by the sword dies by the sword?" That is quite the opposite of popular right-wing beliefs that we must live by the sword to live.

    7. Did Jesus tell Peter to defend him with his {Peter's} sword or to put up his sword? Pretty radical of Jesus wasn't it?

    Jesus was and is still far ahead of society in his liberal ideas on how we are to treat others and how we are to live our lives.




    Are you suggesting that Jesus was a war hawk?
     
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