The End of the WorldJim CunninghamAugust 2015I am become death,
the destroyer of worlds. ......J.Robert Oppenheimer, July 16,
1945SummaryIf a Repuli!an is ele!ted "resident in 201#$ %e might
soon see the end of the %orld& The Chain of EventsShortly after
the inauguration$ the Iran 'u!lear Agreement Re(ie% A!t of 2015 is
res!inded& The san!tions are repla!ed& Iran goes into
o(erdri(e in a (ery deep underground fa!ility& A (iale nu!lear
om is !ompleted %ithin si) months& Trough lea*s$ Israel e!omes
!on(in!ed that Iran has the om& Israel otains
deep+earth+penetrating oms from the ,S1& Israel drops the oms
on *no%n nu!lear sites& Some sur(i(e$ and many !i(ilian
!asualties result& Iran then nu*es Israel&The ,S nu*es
Iran& "utin$ an ally of Iran$ nu*es the ,S& The ,S
retaliates& The %orld ends& The heart of the danger resides
in the politi!ally !onser(ati(e mind set& Fear in the
Conservative Mind Leads to Hawkish Politics-"eering inside the rain
%ith .RI s!ans$ resear!hers at ,ni(ersity College /ondon found that
self+des!ried !onser(ati(e students had a larger amygdala than
lierals0 The amygdala is an almond+shaped stru!ture deep in the
rain that is a!ti(e during states of fear and
an)iety&10&'igel 2arer "h&3& on Apr 14$ 2011 in The
Human Beast -In a study pulished in 2015 in the American Journal of
Political Science$ resear!hers at 2ro%n,ni(ersity found that people
%ho ha(e more fearful dispositions %ere more in!lined to e
politi!ally !onser(ati(e&0&Time$ 6harunya "aramaguru$
7e& 14$ 2015-Resear!h suggests that !onser(ati(es are$ on
a(erage$ more sus!eptile to fear than those %hoidentify themsel(es
as lierals&1 0&Joshua 8olland$ Salon .ay 5$ 2015 -A gro%ing
!onsensus is emerging among politi!al s!ientists and psy!hologists
that differen!es et%een lieral and !onser(ati(e ideology may
a!tually e hard%ired in our rains0 Re!ent resear!h from politi!al
s!ientist John 8iing at the ,ni(ersity of 'eras*a and !olleagues
pulished in 2eha(ioral and 2rain S!ien!es found that !onser(ati(es
ha(e a more threat+orientedand rea!tionary mindset than lierals0
A2009paper y 3ouglas R& :)ley that found 1 In 2002$ 'orthrop
;rumman and /o!*heed .artin %ere %or*ing on the de(elopment of a
50$000+l 2ig 2/,>& In time the om si?e es!alated
to1@+tons& The Air 7or!e too* deli(ery of 20 oms$ designed to e
deli(ered y the 2+2 omer$ in Septemer 2011& !ontemporary
Ameri!an politi!al !onser(ati(es rea!t mu!h more Aui!*ly and
defensi(ely to threatening stimuli&1 0&Tom .!6ay$
Policy.Mic& July 201@Supporting Republican uotes on !S "efense
and Militar#-:ntheIrannu!leardeal$
thefirstthingthatI%illdoistearupthatagreement%ithIran&>0&Ri!*
"erry$ August 2015-0%e ha(e %ea*ened oursel(es militarily to su!h
an e)tent that if affe!ts all of our
militarypoli!ies&>0&&2en Carson$ August 2015>The
military is not a so!ial e)periment& The purpose of the
military is *ill people and rea*things&> 0&.i*e 8u!*aee$
August 2015-I *no% that %e are at greater ris* today than at any
time sin!e then B4C11D of another atta!*&>0&;eorge
"ata*i$ August 2015-0the %orld remains as dangerous as e(er and
that %e need a modern military to prote!t theAmeri!an people and
,&S& interests aroad0 It is (ital that %e maintain a strong
,&S& militarythat ser(es as a !apale deterrent$ ensures
freedomof the seas$ andpro(ides se!urityforoursel(es and our
allies& We also need a military that is ale to proEe!t for!e
gloally %hen !risesemerge$ sometimes at a momentFs noti!e&
0.ar!o Ruio$ 201@:n the Islami! StateG >If %e donHt stop them
o(er there they are !oming here Eust as sure as Istand here in
front of you& &&& We need a ground for!e in IraA
and Syria and Ameri!a has to epart of that ground
for!e&>0&/indsey ;raham$ August 2015 -We put out a paper
saying the president is in the pro!ess of hollo%ing out our
military& At a time %hen the federal go(ernment is spending
re!ord portions of our e!onomy post+World War II$ %eFre spending
re!ord lo%s in terms of defending our !ountry on the military0I
thin* %e need to e in(esting in the military0&Carly 7iorina-We
must undo the presidentFs harmful spending !uts and ensure that our
fighting men and %omen al%ays ha(e the tools they need to su!!eed$0
the est approa!h to redu!ing the le(el of gloal ris* %ould e to
mo(e de!isi(ely to reuild the tools of military po%er&1 02oy
Jindal$reaking the Chain.any e(ents !an e listed that %ould rea*
the ao(e !hain of e(ents&1& A 3emo!rat is ele!ted president
in 201#&2& The ne% Repuli!an president does not res!ind the
Iran agreement&5& In any !ase$ Iran ne(er !reates an atomi!
om&@& Iran ma*es a om$ ut it is *ept se!ret from the
%orld&5& Israel does not om Iran#& "utin does nor
retaliate$I& The ,S does not retaliate END
