It's not Kim Jong-Il, but at least one foreign leader is heeding Barack Obama's call for "a world without nuclear weapons."
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Der Spiegel that "These weapons are militarily obsolete today," and called for the remaining handful of U.S. warheads stored at the Bundeswehr air base to be "removed from Germany."
While Germany once held many such nuclear weapons, most were removed when the Cold War ended, and America now has less than 100 nuclear missiles stored throughout Europe.
The call sets Steinmeier, the center-left Social Democratic Party's candidate for chancellor, against current Chancellor Angela Merkel of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, who backs continuing to store the U.S. warheads.
While the remaining missiles have limited military importance, it would be politically embarrassing for Obama to be forced to withdraw them at the request of the German government if Steinmeier unseats Merkel in Germany's September elections. Opponents of storing the missiles already hold a majority in the Bundestag. - Politico Story
Obama pushed for the cut of Nukes around the world and now a leader has said OK. Now what? Removing them will weaken our Military Readiness and make us less safe. Think before you speak.
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