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PUTIN’S PLANS FOR SPACE NUKES SHOULD WAKE UP THE LEFT AND RIGHT
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Published Feb. 15, 2024, 6:48 p.m. ET
Vladimir Putin talks to workers at Uralvagonzavod machine-building plant in
Sverdlovsk, Russia. ZUMAPRESS.com
Vladimir Putin’s drive to put nukes in space, dominating near-earth orbit and so
crippling Western surface forces, should be a wake-up call across the political
spectrum.
Anti-war obsessives on the left and neo-isolationists on the right must face
facts: Putin means to keep on conquering, and he will if he’s not stopped now.
Modern militaries depend on satellites for everything from communications to
targeting; cutting off those capabilities would cripple forces trained to depend
on them.
And while the Pentagon’s orbital assets might be protected by armor or stealth
against some anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, nuclear attacks are far more
destructive across a much wider volume.
A nuclear electromagnetic pulse alone could shut down vast stretches of the sky
— and one aimed to blow closer to ground level could shut down much of surface
telecommunications, civilian and military.
That’s why international treaties ban nukes in space, but Putin has ripped up
plenty of other treaties when they got in his way.
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End the Ukraine war, let Kyiv fall — and wait for Putin to take his next step
toward restoring the old Russian (and/or Soviet) empire.
It’s not just the right, of course: President Barack Obama sent Hillary Clinton
off to meet Putin with that oh-so-cute “reset” button; got caught on an open mic
telling Putin’s wingman he’d have more “flexibility” after the 2012 election
(during which he mocked Mitt Romney for warning of Moscow’s ill intent) — then
barely blinked when Putin seized Crimea in 2014.
Then again, Obama also imagined he could turn Iran’s revolutionary regime into a
US ally, the linchpin of a stable Middle East, if he appeased Tehran enough,
starting with his infamous nuclear deal.
Isolationist-leaning Republicans shouldn’t repeat Obama’s mistakes — with Iran
or Russia.
And Democrats who now claim to recognize Putin’s evil should be backing
across-the-board increases in defense spending — not holding them hostage to
higher domestic outlays.
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Ignoring or appeasing our enemies — powers determined to upend the world as it
is, peace be damned — invites continued aggression and disaster.
Left and right must quit fooling themselves; House Republicans can start by
passing the $95 billion package to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and boost the
US defense industry.
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