As Bolton Prepares To Exit, Right-Wing Hawk's Point Man Takes His Place

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US nuclear warrior takes the helm
By Tom Barry

The top US government official now in charge of arms control advocates the offensive use of nuclear weapons and has deep roots in the militarist political camp. Moving into the job of John Bolton, the administration's hardcore unilateralist nominee to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations, Robert G Joseph is the right-wing's advance man for counterproliferation as the conceptual core of a new US military policy.

Within the George W Bush administration, Joseph leads a band of counterproliferationists who - working closely with such militarist policy institutes as the National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP) and the Center for Security Policy (CSP) - have placed preemptive attacks and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) at the center of US national security strategy.

>>>>Joseph and other hardline strategists advocated large increases in military spending to counter these threats, while paying little or no attention to warnings that the most likely attack on the United States and its armed forces abroad would come from non-state terrorist networks.

Instead of advocating improved intelligence on such terrorist networks as al-Qaeda, which had an established record of attacking the US, militarist policy institutes such as the NIPP and CSP focused almost exclusively on proposals for high-tech, high-priced items such as space weapons, missile defense and nuclear weapons development.

Joseph participated as a team member in crafting the influential 2001 report by the NIPP titled "Rationale and Requirements for US Nuclear Forces and Arms Control". The report recommended that the US government develop a new generation of "usable" lower-yield nuclear arms. The NIPP study served as the blueprint for Bush's controversial Nuclear Posture Review.

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1. Oh yay! They had to go get someone worse....

Are we seriously living in a country dominated by crazy fundamentalists?!??? :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

This guy Joseph is, well, about 5 times as bad as Bolton....When the going gets tough, the tough gets going :mad:

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2. One of a bevy of military industrial warriors nested in the administration

Our foreign policy is dictated by folks who have large money interests in the military industry. It's no accident that we are now forced to argue down Bush's call for a new generation of nuclear weaponry. This bunch was installed to hijack our hard earned contributions to democracy for their own ambitions for power, greed, and world military dominance.

Whack-a-mole time.

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4. He looks like a clone of Bolton...

Maybe they had to throw everyone off the Bolton smell trail....

Because John Bolton was in PNAC, broke the law, and is going to be sent to a prison.......Sad times on capital hill.

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3. We aren't going to get anybody we like

The main goal of these hearings has to be, in part, to have a serious debate on what our foriegn policy should be. Should be a mean spirited angry belligerent nation? Or should we be a good neighbor?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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5. We have to continue to expose the members of the Bush crime family

They hide behind their appointed offices and subvert the will of Americans and the constitution with their mindless warmongering for the profits of their military industry benefactors, like Lockheed, Raytheon, General Electric, Boeing . . . There is no honest debate being sought by the principals that Bush has elevated to these positions of negotiation, just volleying from the hawks to place their cog in whatever vehicle furthers their military money machines.

There will be no honest or meaningful negotiation or debate until we change regimes. This one is dangerously false and functionally corrupt. We may not prevail, but I'll not be caught idle while they scheme to destroy our democracy.

[Karenina]

6. Know Your BFEE.

Use your DU "search" function.

Oh, lookie! Here's a link!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3858315

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7. perfect