Nuclear Weapons on Townhall

• Nuclear Endgame on the Korean Peninsula? Wed Feb 13
  Austin Bay
  Last October, while riding on South Korea's KTX express train from Seoul to Cheonan, I glanced at one of the rail car's video monitors just as a chilling yet cyclically familiar news flash lit the screen: "North Korea threatens South Korea with nuclear war." ... more
• How Guns Are Like Nukes Tue Feb 5
  Mona Charen
  I stand out among my conservative friends in disliking guns. I favor reasonable restrictions on the Second Amendment, such as bans on fully automatic weapons, background checks for purchases and forbidding the sale of guns to those with histories of mental illness or criminality. ... more
• Chuck Hagel's Contempt for the Senate Wed Jan 30
  Frank Gaffney
  In the run-up to the Senate Armed Services Committee's hearing this Thursday on Chuck Hagel's fitness to become the next Secretary of Defense, its members have been treated to the spectacle of the nominee spinning at the RPM of a prima ballerina. ... more
• What if Iran Had Had Nukes? Mon Nov 26
  Cliff May
  Israel — as its friends and enemies never forget — is a “one-bomb country.” One nuclear weapon is all it would take to wipe out a nation whose territory is smaller than Djibouti, with a population not as large as that of Burundi — fewer than 8 million people, 20 percent of them Arabs who are enjoying rights denied to Arabs (not to mention non-Arab minorities) elsewhere in the Middle East. ... more
• Obama Clarifies "Flexibility" Remark Made to Russians Tue Oct 30
  Katie Pavlich
• Stuff Mon Oct 15
  Ken Blackwell
  During last week's vice presidential debate, the candidates clashed over whose team would be better able to impose "crippling" sanctions on Iran. The problem of sanctions is an old one. ... more
• Is a Nuclear Deal With Iran Possible? Tue Oct 9
  Pat Buchanan
  In diplomacy, always leave your adversary an honorable avenue of retreat. ... more
• Netanyahu at the UN: Iran and Al Qaeda "Are All Rooted in the Bitter Soil of Intolerance" Thu Sep 27
  Katie Pavlich
  "Militant Jihadists behave very differently that secular Marxists,” he said. “There were no soviet suicide bombers.” ... more
• Barack Obama’s “Truman Show” Presidency Fri Sep 21
  David Malcolm
  In the film “The Truman Show,” actor Jim Carrey played lovable simpleton Truman Burbank who, unbeknownst to him, lived his entire life trapped in a television show. His wife, co-workers and friends were all actors, his entire world a finely constructed stage. ... more
• The Implausibility of Nuclear Terrorism Thu May 17
  Steve Chapman
  Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, Americans have had to live with the knowledge that the next time the terrorists strike, it could be not with airplanes capable of killing thousands but atomic bombs capable of killing hundreds of thousands. ... more
• Space Shuttle Discovery and Our New Comrades Thu Apr 19
  Sandy Rios
  Watching Space Shuttle Discovery soar over the great American monuments in DC on the back of a 747, gutted and consigned to a museum, brought back wonderful memories of America’s marvelous achievements. Yet it also reminded us it was our triumph in the space war that bankrupted the Soviet Union and created a bitterness they shall never forget. ... more
• Iran lawmaker: Country can produce nuclear weapons Sat Apr 7
  AP News
• The Diplomats' Dilemma Thu Mar 29
  Cliff May
  The dictionary defines diplomacy as the “art and practice of conducting negotiations,” but one incisive wag said diplomacy is really “the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ till you can find a rock.” ... more
• Appeasement in Fast Time Wed Mar 21
  Paul Greenberg
  It's not just Pyongyang's repeated promises that have proven worthless but Washington's. ... more
• A Guide for the Perplexed Fareed Zakaria Thu Mar 15
  Cliff May
  Fareed Zakaria is wearing his “I’m perplexed” face. On his weekly CNN program, he is noting that Saudi Arabia did not go nuclear in response to “Israel’s buildup of a large arsenal of nuclear weapons.” So why, he asks the camera, would the Saudis do so in response to Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons? ... more
• Iran and Obama Wed Mar 7
  Thomas Sowell
  What are we to make of President Barack Obama's latest pronouncements about Iran's movement toward nuclear bombs? His tough talk might have had some influence on Iran a couple of years ago, when he was instead being kinder and gentler with the world's leading terrorist-sponsoring nation. Now his tough talk may only influence this year's election -- which may be enough for Obama. ... more
• Blind Ideology Sat Feb 25
  Frank Gaffney
  Last week, President Obama feted Communist China’s Xi Jinping, the man who hopes to lead his country as it emerges as the world’s next superpower. ... more
• 5 Black Swans That Could Obliterate America's Future Tue Feb 21
  John Hawkins
  We should be aware that our world can change for the worse in a hurry and we should make sure we're taking steps to alleviate the danger. ... more
• Obama Wants to Cut U.S. Nukes by 80 Percent Wed Feb 15
  Katie Pavlich
• Strike, Israel! Strike Now! Mon Feb 6
  Ken Blackwell
  “Whoever says later may find later is too late,” says Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. His words drove Western policymakers into a tizzy. ... more
• Nearing a decision on Iran Thu Feb 2
  Cal Thomas
  One of several casualties of the vitriolic name-calling between Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich is what to do about Iran. ... more
• The Implausibility of Nuclear Terrorism Thu Dec 29
  Steve Chapman
  "Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live, I am coming.'" Were Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. alive today, he might ascribe that line not to death but to nuclear terrorism. ... more
• Countering An EMP Attack Sat Dec 17
  Ed Feulner
  When Americans think about the threat from foreign missiles, it’s nearly always the catastrophic effect of a conventional nuclear blast that comes to mind. We think of the doomsday scenarios that have played out in so many movies and TV shows: a nuke explodes over a large city -- leveling buildings, crushing houses and creating a swath of destruction. ... more
• Swiss charge three in nuclear weapons case Tue Dec 13
  Reuters News
• How Obama Invites the Very Disaster He Is Trying To Avert Sat Dec 10
  Roger Chapin
  The Obama Administration’s strong opposition to a U.S. preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities virtually guarantees we’ll suffer far worse consequences than Obama’s policy is intended to avert. ... more
• EMP Nightmare: How Iran or North Korea Could Destroy America Tue Nov 22
  World
  Joe Hicks explains the threat Iran or North Korea could pose directly to the United States with but one EMP Bomb. ... more

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