Obama Promises to Dismantle Our Armed Forces

YouTube has an undated 52-second clip of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barrack Obama outlining his plans for America’s national defense. Obama’s presentation demonstrates either total naivete about important national security programs or he is just pandering for votes among the extreme left.

Watch Obama’s message and consider some inconvenient facts about his national security promises....

“I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.”
“I will not weaponize space.”
“I will slow our development of future combat systems.”
“… and I will institute an independent defense priorities board to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.”
“To seek that goal I will not develop new nuclear weapons.”
“I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material…”
“… and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair trigger alert...”
“… and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.”

Senator Obama’s national security views expressed in his 52-second video reflect that of a knee-jerk liberal academic who thinks that the US is the primary threat to world peace. His views are dangerously naive and his statements suggest a shallow understanding of national security issues and in some cases his facts are wrong.

Get the story-written by Robert Maginnis, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, a national security and foreign affairs analyst for radio and television and a senior strategist with the U.S. Army.