This is a ridiculous article. I'm not going to argue the merits of going to zero, but The Spectator kind of leaves out a body that has a significant say in this... starts with a "C" and ends with an "ongress".

Does the author really think that it's the Admirals and Generals who are slow-rolling him on nuclear disarmament? Hah! You'd be hard pressed to find a single senator and more than 40-50 reps who would vote for going to zero. If Obama can't push health care through Congress, you really think he's going to get *any* traction with nuclear disarmament?

Let me give you a clue about general and flag officers- they hate being hauled in front of congressional committees as much if not more than anyone. They serve the president, but are accountable to congress. They know nukes aren't going away anytime soon, and have no desire to be hauled in front of the HASC to explain why nuclear readiness declined on their watch.

I can't believe Slate published what's a fundamentally unserious article. This is high-school level journalism, at best.

AwayFromHome: This is high-school level journalism, at best.

However, on the plus side, high school journalists might be inspired to improve their own writing skills after reading this tripe.

At least it is journalism, which is still better than the anonymous opining by you two (but not me, if you're asking).

And I kinda thought, despite my low expectations of legislators, more than a few senators and reps would be considering the advantages of eventual disarmament. Not a bill passing few, or even audible few, but a few SHOULD be considering saving taxpayers some money on such an expensive and violent dick-swinging strategy. As you rightly point-out, congress has some control in the issue. But what if voting-citizens, the masters of those same legislators in that same congress, became informed enough to at least think about the prospect of "Zero?"

This article informs people of that prospect, it shouldn't have to also state that congress will never allow "Zero" to occur.

I don't think you need to level an insult against this article, it's pretty good, and you shouldn't really correlate your insult to high schoolers. Many of them fight in our wars, and all of them have a much greater chance of being on the losing end of a nuke. Maybe that even makes them better journalists for this specific topic.