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"Washington — President Obama said Monday that he was revamping American nuclear strategy to substantially narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons..." Full text: Obama Limits When U.S. Would Use Nuclear Arms

"'Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears.” Someone will say, “I thought the Bible said to beat your swords into plowshares.” It does say that, but the time to do that is when the kingdom is established on the earth (see Isa. 2:4; Mic. 4:3). When Christ is ruling you can get rid of your sword, but until then you’d better keep your ammunition dry and you’d better be prepared. I do not agree that we should get rid of guns today. I think we need to protect our homes, our loved ones, and our nation. You and I are living in a big, bad world in which there are a lot of wild animals loose—they are human beings and they are two-legged, but they’re mean and ferocious and they will destroy you. Also there are nations which are like that. In fact, that is the way God describes nations; He calls one a lion, another a bear, another a panther, and another a nondescript beast. Believe me, my friend, the nations of the world are like wild beasts, and we need to keep a few atomic bombs in our arsenal. Paul said, “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them …” (1 Thess. 5:3). I am afraid we are going to have our teeth jarred out one of these days by the falling of a bomb, and we won’t be able to retaliate because we have had too many soft-hearted and soft-headed leaders. The United Nations has as its motto the verse in Isaiah which says to beat your swords into plowshares; I think they ought to have this verse from Joel: “Beat your plowshares into swords.” We need to be prepared today—we live in a bad, bad world."

McGee, J. V. (1997, c1981). Thru the Bible commentary. Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.) (3:677). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

When liberals are in power (Prov 29:2), they sure spread misery quickly (Mt 24:22).

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: [Mocking] "Obama is going to take away all our weapons so that we can be attacked by Russia and Muslims. Ya know, because he's a Muslim himself. He hates American. And freedom."

"It is into this land, a territorially expanded Israel that the multinational military hordes and nations of origin of the Gog/Magog alliance will be brought to their destruction through chach lechiy, hooks placed into the jaws of these enemies by God.

I am compelled to make a specific note at this point that there is not just one hook or one jaw, but plural "hooks" and "jaws." There are more than one hook and more than one jaw, or many hooks and many jaws. Secondly, the "hook" is not necessarily a "fish hook" as we might imagine. The Hebrew word is chach can mean a ring, like a nose ring as found Ezekiel Ch 29:4, or a bracelet, and both of which were run through the nose of wild animals in order to tame them. Often in Old Testament times a rope was attached to the ring or the bracelet to lead the animal to where the trainer wanted it to go. The next Hebrew word to note is lechiy which is a reference to the cheek of a man, or the jawbone of an animal.

Read and compare Ezekiel's use of this word with the text found in Isaiah 37:29. The purposes are literally identical, to "turn thee back". Therefore, the "hook" is a metaphor which represents the vehicle of the judgment that God has declared upon ALL of the nations of the Gog/Magog confederation..." Full text: Eschatology Today

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "So nuking people is good..."

Yes, that was my point all along. Fighting with sticks and stones is the more preferred method.

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Maybe rather than narrow them, he should substantially widen the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons."

It's my understanding that even if we are attacked with chemical weapons, we cannot retaliate with nuclear weapons.

"Pres. Obama’s new nuclear policy, changing what has been an extremely effective deterrent in protecting and defending our country for more than 50 years, is thrilling Code Pink, pro-terrorist, and anti-nuclear groups — and disturbing everyone else (except Obama supporters, who blindly support anything The One does, even those policies they know nothing about)...

...Krauthammer: Obama’s New Nuclear Policy “Is Either Insane or Ridiculous – I Can’t Decide” Charles Krauthammer: Obama’s New Nuclear Policy Either Insane or Ridiculous

Response to comment [from an atheist]: "I think it's that whole "nuclear war = Armageddon" wish-fulfillment fantasy thing..."

Your biblical illiteracy is showing again.

"Well, that is your fondest wish, is it not? For Jesus to return, curbstomp T3h D3bil™ and all his evil human minions, and to dry every tear you've ever wept (and you've apparently wept an awful lot of them...), and then end the world?"

No, this is a common misconception (believed by many Jews by the way). The heart of God is to save all people (2 Pe 3:9).

See:

Does God Elect Everyone?

Believers want what God wants. Although we want him to return (Re 22:20), we realize that he is patient for a reason. Maybe you are the big hold up?

Response to comment [from a Christian]: [What is appropriate retaliation for a significant attack on America?] "One word: Exterminate!"

How biblical of you (Num. 31:7–17; Deut. 2:33, 34; 3:6; 20:13–18; Josh. 6:21, 24; 8:24, 25; 10:2–40; 11:11–23; 1 Sam. 15:3–9; 27:8–11).

Our Commander in Chief, himself, is ungodly (Prov 29:2). We may be in a period of judgment of our own (Ex. 23:24; Lev. 26:17, 31–39; Deut. 28:25–68; 32:30; Judg. 2:14; 2 Kin. 15:37; 1 Chr. 5:22, 26; 21:12; 2 Chr. 12:1–12; 15:6; 24:23, 24; 33:11; 36; Job 19:29; Psa. 44:9–16; 60:1–3; 105:25; Isa. 5:1–8, 25–30; 9:8–12; 13:3, 4, 9; 19:2; 34:2–6; 43:28; 45:7; Jer. 12:7, 12; 46:15–17, 21; 47:6, 7; 48:10; 49:5; 50:25; Ezek. 23:22–25; Amos 3:6; 4:11; Zeph. 1:7–18; Zech. 8:10; 14:2). Swanson, J., & Nave, O. (1994). New Nave's. Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems.

Can we claim God's blessing while we ask him to leave?

Response to comment [from an atheist]: "Somebody says "I surrender!" to me and I hear it as "Please pound me into hash!"

Sometimes that's necessary:

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly [1 Sam. 15:8–9].

"He thought, what a shame to destroy everything! So he saved Agag, who was the ruler of the Amalekites. Saul had no right to spare him any more than he had the right to spare the humblest peasant among these people. This nation was wholly given to evil, and the king, above all others, should have been destroyed and judged at this time."

McGee, J. V. (1997, c1981). Thru the Bible commentary. Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.) (2:151). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

"In case you haven't noticed, I don't bother with claiming blessings. I'm the guy who, when offered a hand in fellowship, snarls and swats that hand away."

You've got an unclaimed inheritance. "[T]he riches are there, it's only a matter of appropriation..." The Fullness of God, Part 2 Ephesians 3:16 http://www.gty.org/Resources/Sermons/1916

"Feel free to say "How wude!", Jar Jar."

Your spelling is better.