Preemptive Disarment... Obama's Nuclear Posture

[Zacha341]

Per today's Forbe.com site is an interesting article on president Obama's recent treaty signing. Another article siting the positive aspects of it was posted on CNN. See both articles below:

My question: Will ALL of the other boys in the sand box put up away their sticks too?

Preemptive Disarmament
Claudia Rosett, 04.08.10, 12:01 AM EDT
Obama's new nuclear posture means a more dangerous world.
http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/07/nuc...schannellatest

Quote from article...
"Obama now brings us a new U.S. "nuclear posture," in which America is promising not to use nuclear weapons against any nonnuclear states that comply with the nonproliferation treaty--even if they attack the U.S. with chemical or biological weapons of mass destruction..."

Obama's nuclear posture: Right for these times
By George Perkovich, Special to CNN
April 7, 2010 8:06 p.m. EDT
America's new nuclear weapons posture... gives much-needed momentum to the nuclear agenda President Obama set out in Prague last year.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/0...ons/index.html

Quote from article...
On the left, some may feel the president didn't go far enough. They were hoping the posture would declare that the sole purpose of nuclear weapons is to deter the use of those weapons by others. But it's important to recognize that this is the best policy that does not limit the administration's broader nuclear disarmament goals. President Obama is a realist and knows that he needs 67 votes in the Senate to ratify the new START treaty with Russia.