In the debate, Kerry said the President failed to show leadership on nuclear proliferation:
"And part of that leadership is sending the right message to places like North Korea. Right now the president is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to research bunker-busting nuclear weapons. The United States is pursuing a new set of nuclear weapons. It doesn’t make sense. You talk about mixed messages. We’re telling other people, “You can’t have nuclear weapons,” but we’re pursuing a new nuclear weapon that we might even contemplate using. Not this president. I’m going to shut that program down, and we’re going to make it clear to the world we’re serious about containing nuclear proliferation."
Either Kerry is grossly naive, a true nuke-freeze throw-back or a fool. There is no other answer. A bunker-busting nuclear device would reach down deep into the earth, caves or hardened bunkers where suspected wmd's could be hidden & which could not be reached by conventional bombs. But that's not the point here.
The point is that Kerry would restrict this country from developing weapons to further enhance its defense & to use in times of threats because they are "nuclear". Kerry would remove an option which ironically might preclude a greater response from us. We are not sending mixed messages, John - we are sending a clear message that if you build it, we will blow it. But Kerry is sending a message to North Korea & Iran that they have no fear putting nuclear bombs or wmd's deep in the earth, because we will not have the means to destroy them. Kerry has the audacity to put us on a morally equivalent level with North Korea or Iran or any number of rogue or despotic nations. Again: "We’re telling other people, 'You can’t have nuclear weapons,' but we’re pursuing a new nuclear weapon that we might even contemplate using."
No John, we are not telling "people" they can't have nuclear weapons, we are telling thugs, despots, murderers, fanatics, pigs. And if you can't see the difference between scum like that & this country, then it is long past time for you step down off the political stage, because you would do this country gross damage if, God forbid, you were in the White House. How anyone can vote for this fool is beyond me.
Read an answer to Kerry's dangerously idiotic idea
here.