If conservatives are supposed to be so intensely concerned with national security, then why aren't they upset that Barack Obama wants a treaty with Russia that will cut the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal to less than 10 percent of Cold War levels?  If something this irresponsible would have been proposed during the 70s or 80s, conservatives would have screamed bloody murder.  But now that all eyes are on the threat of Islamic terror, very few conservatives even some concerned about the potential of nuclear war anymore.  But they should be.  Barack Obama's recklessness could end up resulting in the end of the world as we know it.

Under a memorandum of joint understanding signed in July, deployed nuclear warheads for both the United States and Russia will be reduced to below 1,700 on each side within seven years of signing a new treaty.

The Start I Treaty expired on Friday, and in a joint statement, the presidents of the U.S. and Russia both expressed their desire to work out the final details on a new treaty as soon as possible: "We express our commitment, as a matter of principle, to continue to work together in the spirit of the Start treaty following its expiration, as well as our firm intention to ensure that a new treaty on strategic arms enter into force at the earliest possible date."

So what would reducing the U.S. nuclear arsenal to less than 1,700 warheads mean?

It would mean that that U.S. nuclear arsenal would be less than 10 percent of what it was at the height of the Cold War.  Just check out the chart below....

This kind of radical reduction in the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal is a serious threat to national security.  The massive U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal has been one of the key factors in keeping America safe for the past 6 decades.  Now all of that is changing.  An arsenal of 1,700 warheads is far, far less of a deterrent than an arsenal of 20 or 30 thousand warheads is.

But Barack Obama seems absolutely determined to disarm America.  During one of the first major foreign policy speeches of his administration, Barack Obama openly called for a world free of nuclear weapons.

While most observers dismissed his comments as "wishful rhetoric" at the time, it turns out that Barack Obama was deadly serious.

At this moment, the U.S. nuclear arsenal consists of approximately 2,600 deployed nuclear warheads, with another 2,500 in reserve and 4,000 more that are scheduled to be dismantled.

But now the Obama administration is seeking a deal with the Russians that would reduce the nuclear arsenals of both the United States and Russia to less than 1,700 warheads.

However, there are reports that the Obama administartion views those cuts as only a first step towards even larger cuts.

You see, Obama is reportedly serious about pursuing an eventual goal of completely abolishing nuclear weapons altogether.

The Guardian recently quoted one anonymous European official as saying the following about Barack Obama's approach to nuclear disarmament....

"Obama is now driving this process. He is saying these are the president's weapons, and he wants to look again at the doctrine and their role."

Since when did the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal that has protected America for several generations become Barack Obama's weapons?

The reality is that the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal is the only thing that has been keeping the United States safe all this time.  During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had conventional military forces that were far larger than those the United States possessed.  Without the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal as a deterrent, it is almost a certainty that the Soviets would have invaded western Europe.

But hasn't that threat gone away?

No, it has not.

Russia is back in a big way.  They are nearly out of debt (while the U.S. is deeper than ever) and Russia is quickly modernizing and reorganizing its military.

In addition, China is now a superpower.  There is no getting around that.  China is more of a threat then ever before, and U.S. relations with both Russia and China are becoming increasingly strained.

In addition, Iran is racing towards becoming a nuclear power.  Once they do, they will not be satisfied with just a handful of nukes.  It just seems unimaginable that the U.S. and Iran could have similar numbers of nuclear weapons someday, but under Barack Obama it could happen.

Not only that, but leftist revolutions are sweeping South America.  The whole continent is turning hard to the radical left.  Most Americans simply do not realize the danger that represents.

But besides the massive cuts in nuclear arsenals that Barack Obama is seeking with the Russians, he also wants to disclose to them exactly where all U.S. nuclear weapons are so that the Russians can "verify" that the U.S. is keeping its end of the deal.

Do you know that what means?

It means that someday if the Russians want to hit the U.S. with a surprise first strike, they will know how many nukes the U.S. has and exactly where they are.

That makes a first strike SO much easier.

Once they take out our limited number of nukes they would be able to do with us pretty much what they please.

Please wake up conservatives.  The disarming of America is happening and you are asleep.

If Barack Obama is successful in his attempt to disarm America, it will set up a day of reckoning that will be incredibly painful.  The threat of nuclear war is very real, and anybody who does not think so is in complete denial.  It is time to wake up and to tell Congress that America must always have a strong nuclear deterrent.  If America disarms the results could be disastrous....