Another “WTF” Obama Foreign Policy Moment

As Governor I fought the Obama Administration’s plans to cut funds for missile defense in Alaska. So imagine how appalled and surprised I was to read this article by former Clinton CIA Director James Woolsey, appropriately titled “Giving Away the Farm,” concerning President Obama’s latest bizarre actions relating to missile defense.

President Obama wants to give Russia our missile defense secrets because he believes that we can buy their friendship and cooperation with this taxpayer-funded gift. But giving military secrets and technologies to a rival or competitor like Russia is just plain dumb. You can’t buy off Russia. And giving them advanced military technology will not create stability. What happens if Russia gives this technology (or sells it!) to other countries like Iran or China? After all, as Woolsey points out, Russia helped Iran with its missile and nuclear programs. Or what happens if an even more hardline leader comes to power in the Kremlin?

We tried buying off the Kremlin with technologies in the 1970s. That policy was a component of “detente,” and the hope was that if we would share our technologies with them, they would become more peaceful. Things, of course, didn’t work out that way. The Kremlin took western technologies and embarked on a massive military building program. History teaches that peace comes from American military strength. And a central component of that has always been technological superiority. Why would President Obama even dream of giving this away?

Members of Congress saw how foolish President Obama’s gambit was, so they put a section in the defense appropriation bill that specifically forbids the federal government from spending money to share these technologies with the Kremlin. President Obama actually threatened to veto the defense appropriation bill over this section of the law! Fortunately, the House passed the bill with a veto-proof majority, a whopping 322 to 96. Attention now turns to the Senate.

http://conservativebyte.com/2011/06/ano ... cy-moment/

If that was to ever happen, there would be no Republican that would lose to him in 2012. He couldn't be that stupid...could he?

outdoor338 wrote: As Governor I fought the Obama Administration’s plans to cut funds for missile defense in Alaska....

First, I totally agree with you, but you were a governor in Alaska or what?????? And real recent?????? Or where?????? Anyhow, off topic: Next Friday I head to Alaska to get me some salmon fishing done and see my new niece!!! YAAAAY!

Jekyll wrote:

outdoor338 wrote: As Governor I fought the Obama Administration’s plans to cut funds for missile defense in Alaska....

First, I totally agree with you, but you were a governor in Alaska or what?????? And real recent?????? Or where?????? Anyhow, off topic: Next Friday I head to Alaska to get me some salmon fishing done and see my new niece!!! YAAAAY!

You should be right in time for the best King Salmon fishing...lucky dog you. I worked up in Kodiak for 5 years and never got to fish for fun, only for work grrrr.

ALASKA IS THE SHIZNIT! YEP, EBONICS!!! HA!

Edit: Fer Rizzle

pictures man, pictures! You lucky dog..a dream for me..

So the Palin History Channel strikes again. The Post fact checker points out how garbled and inaccurate her comments are (but truthful facts are not necessary for the conservatives):

"Palin inaccurately claims that Obama has threatened a veto over some provisions, specifically section 1228, in the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would limit his ability to share such information.

The Statement of Administration Policy does threaten a veto over three other provisions in the bill, such as detainee issues, but not the specific issue raised by Palin."

"From her recounting of history, Palin appears to be arguing that the United States and the West gave “technologies” during this period, and that “the Kremlin took Western technologies and embarked on a massive military building program.”

"the Kremlin did not use the technology sold by the West to improve its weapons or spur a new build-up, as Palin asserts. "

"Palin may have other good reasons for opposing the Obama administration’s interest in sharing data with Russia, but her historical rationale does not match up with the actual facts. She is correct that detente was designed to provide stability in the relationship, but little else in her account is accurate."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fac ... ml?hpid=z3

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former salmon fisher ---- Drift netting the Bristol Bay. Really misses smoked salmon!

I see, so what you are saying Dog is that the reason the language was included in the bill was because there was not any intention on the part of the Obama administration to share the technology to begin with. Got it.

For the record, the Kremlin has always used technology obtained from us to further their military potential. They reverse engineered our B-29 bomber at the conclusion of WWII to supply them with a strategic bomber of their own (Tu-4 Bull). They used our technical data obtained through spies to build their own nuclear weapons. They copied our heat seekers and radar homing missiles to build their air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. They used the technology from our Tomahawk missiles to build one for themselves. It was a hallmark of the Soviets to take technology given to them and using it to enhance their military.

The process continues today as well. The current J-10 fighter of the Chinese, built with help from the Russians, is very similar in appearance to the Typhoon. Of course the Russians would use superior technology to enhance their military forces. Any nation with an ounce of common sense would behave similarly, including this one - which is why the sharing of superior technology is generally not allowed.

PrintSmith wrote: I see, so what you are saying Dog is that the reason the language was included in the bill was because there was not any intention on the part of the Obama administration to share the technology to begin with. Got it.

For the record, the Kremlin has always used technology obtained from us to further their military potential. They reverse engineered our B-29 bomber at the conclusion of WWII to supply them with a strategic bomber of their own (Tu-4 Bull). They used our technical data obtained through spies to build their own nuclear weapons. They copied our heat seekers and radar homing missiles to build their air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. They used the technology from our Tomahawk missiles to build one for themselves. It was a hallmark of the Soviets to take technology given to them and using it to enhance their military.

The process continues today as well. The current J-10 fighter of the Chinese, built with help from the Russians, is very similar in appearance to the Typhoon. Of course the Russians would use superior technology to enhance their military forces. Any nation with an ounce of common sense would behave similarly, including this one - which is why the sharing of superior technology is generally not allowed.

Which of course they were able to do without the information that Reagan provided them, and without information that President Obama or any other president provided them, despite the garbled distortions that Palin blathered about which is the topic of the post.