Congress Mandates Report On Russian Treaty Violations

Investor's Business Daily ^ | December 11, 2014 | IBD EDITORIALS

[raptor22]

National Security: It won't generate the buzz that torture allegations do, but a provision in the defense spending bill requires the White House to explain why Russia developed a cruise missile in breach of a 1987 treaty.

President Ronald Reagan coined the phrase "trust but verify" regarding dealing with the Russians for good reason.

American security was to be guaranteed through the strength of our will and the genius of our technology, not through pieces of parchment, handshakes, clinking glasses at conferences, or reset buttons.

Enter President Obama and the age of flexibility, back-stabbing our allies on things like missile defense and letting Russia pretty much do whatever Vladimir Putin wanted, such as moving to reassemble the old Soviet Union, Reagan's evil empire, as Russia rearmed.

As we noted in June 2013, shortly after Obama's re-election, Russia was testing and about to deploy the R500 cruise missile with a range that violated the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) treaty's prohibition against the U.S. — and was developing, testing or possessing ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers, or 300 to 3,400 miles.

[17th Miss Regt]

Well, Obama did say he would have more flexibility after the election.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks raptor22.

[wetphoenix]

All these treaties are clearly null and void since abm were declared in East Europe.
You can’t blame other side for violation when you are ignoring it yourself.