On Obama’s part, that is, made more apparent by the Russian response to it. I doubt that was Obama’s aim but I can understand that response from our former cold war enemies.

No, I’m afraid that, for good or ill, Pandora’s box opened and let out nuclear weapons of mass destruction. There’s no putting it back now.

..will never understand human nature. I think that is one of their major flaws. They want to believe, and thus expect it to be so, that all our enemies are really nice, peace loving folk who, if not for the mean ol’ USA, would disarm and join hands in a rousing chorus of kumbaya.
Outside the West the masculine approach to diplomacy and war still dominate the affairs of governments and this is reflected in their testing of Obama, and Carter before him, for signs of weakness. When that weakness is found they find strength in it for themselves and contempt for the weak.
Outside the West it is strength that is feared and respected and that is something Ronald Reagan understood like no president since.
I believe Obama’s ineptitude, inexperience, naivete, and Liberal belief system will get us into a war. Not one of our making but one we will be dragged into or have foisted upon us.

And regarding Russia I believe that one day China will move to seize eastern Russia for its mineral wealth and unless Russia is willing to risk all out nuclear war for barely populated territory they won’t put up a fight. With their population in rapid decline they soon won’t have enough men to put into battle.

America will never be attacked because it is too strong. Nukes forever!

To understand leftists, one must prioritize thoughts according to ideology. In that respect, it is not hard to understand what motivates them or how they will react in various circumstances.

Mr. Obama and his acolytes aspire to a one dimensional global society which is attuned to their beliefs. They believe others are driven by, what they see as, flawed motivation. In that regard, Obama believes, dangerously, that reducing the Russian nuclear arsenal or wrenching other related demands will have a deleterious affect on nations aspiring to possess nuclear weapons. He also foolishly believes this offer represents some type of goodwill underwritten by his global cult of personality. Nothing, and I mean nothing, could be more dangerous or naïve. The Russians still bare the scars of past encounters with such cultists and will not be fooled or dismissed so easily. Such actions only multiply the threats for many reasons.

With respect directly to Russia, this foolishness fails to consider not only what you have noted here, but also the complexity and long historical nature of our nuclear relationship. It is history built on a cautious, balanced game of “cat and mouse” whereby all factors (economic, holistic military and political) require consideration. It can therefore not be positively affected by overtures rooted in ideological beliefs because it is much more multi dimensional in nature. To not consider potential reactions based on all factors not only loses Obama any respect they may have yielded, but makes him more dangerous to the Russians. This places us all in jeopardy directly and indirectly from Russian surrogates such as North Korea and Iran. Let’s not forget those latter nations provide another dimension and thereby additional complexity to our overall nuclear threat. Obama has shown weakness with respect to both countries nuclear weapons aspirations. The overtures to Iran are only regarded as a further sign of weakness and further proof of an unwillingness to act in the face of defiance. This is not a situation which can be addressed with flowery oratory intended to beguile and impress nations as if they object of some suitor. Nor can it be affected with superficial opines appealing to organization such as the UN whom North Korea already knows are toothless and ineffective. Both those misguided actions forestall the advance of sensible policy, proactive security measures and other counteractions which remediate the threat and have proven successful deterrents in the past.

In one fell swoop Mr. Obama has made this a much more dangerous world by telling the Russians he wants to further reduce their influence, letting Iran know they can continue weapons development unabated or subject to any material consequence and showing North Korea the emperors has no clothes or fortitude to put them on.