Mutually Assured Defense Initiative

Follows the transcript of an announcement I would have liked to have heard about on the news instead of this.

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As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce a new strategic peace initiative. It is fitting that this announcement be made in the historic city of Moscow, on the occasion of my first visit to Russia with my lovely wife Michelle and our Daughters, during this time of peace and cooperation with our relatively recent ally, Russia.

For too long, there has existed a perpetual distrust between our two great nations. The longstanding military strategy of Mutually Assured Destruction has instilled fear into the hearts of hundreds of millions of people for too many generations. I am here today to extend an unprecedented olive branch.

I make this announcement in an open press conference here in Red Square to demonstrate to the good people of Russia the degree of honesty and commitment the people of the United States of America are ready to lend to the cause of peace, if President Medvedev will likewise publicly commit Russia to join us in this effort. Whether Russia joins us or not, we are going to press ahead, starting with our mutual allies in NATO, and I hope continuing with non-NATO countries as well.

I propose that Russia, America, and all other nations of peace and good will take part in a joint project for the sake of peace. I call it the Mutually Assured Defense Initiative.

For years, America and Russia have fought a war of words against the idea of an international ballistic missile defense shield. I call on the people of Russia for their support of a joint missile defense shield. I want full, open partnership between our nations in the development of a missile shield that would prevent any nation: Russia, America, Iran, Israel, China, Australia, or ANY other nation, from developing first-strike missile attack capabilities. I want a joint effort here. All the best engineers from all our countries working together in open collaboration, sharing designs, plans, and technology. We, the stronger nations, will likely bear most of the cost, but this has always been the price of being a super-power.

I call on all peaceful nations to join in the development of this system. I also propose an international governing body to help us all coordinate our peaceful space programs. It would obviously be counter-productive if the new Mutually Assured Defense system were to shoot down the next telecommunications satellite a phone company tries to put into orbit! (pause for laughter) Let us then, in a spirit of peace and friendship, strike out boldly on an uncharted course of peaceful use of outer space, and peaceable coexistence here on Earth.

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Now that would have been Change we could believe in. Instead, along with some admittedly beneficial concessions on military arrangements for the war against radical islam Overseas Contingency Operations, we get the same-old same-old about detente. What it usually amounts to is the USA reducing our arsenal while the Russians lie and stall, and end up not . . . quite . . . living up to their end of the bargain without a great deal of pressure from 'the international community.' I applaud the president for his conciliatory tone. I just wish he would, you know, try changing from the same not-amazingly-helpful stuff we've been doing all along and REALLY strike out in Hope of peace.

Am I nit-picking here?

Oh well, you can't win 'em all, but flying lethal weapons across Russian space sure helps.

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