Kudos and Criticism
August 2nd, 2007As a man, I give many kudos to Barack Obama for saying that he would never consider using nuclear weapons. That said, as a student of government and politics, I must say, Biden and Clinton are right: you don’t say that because it limits your leverage as the President. The Russians were emboldened by perceived weakness on the part of John F. Kennedy and if not for that they might never have pulled the stunt they pulled in Cuba. In my heart, I’d like to believe that none of our Presidential candidates would use nuclear weapons — except John McCain, who I think is a kook — but none of them should ever say it publicly. It terrifies those of us that believe nuclear weapons the greatest threat to the future of mankind, but it’s not meant to — it’s meant to scare those that would threaten the future of mankind. It terrifies me, but I fully understand containment and why it works.