[EternalVigilance]

What’s that got to do with giving the Russians our defense assets?

[Ben Ficklin]

As pointed out in 28, which you responded to, they are all parts of the military aspects of our foreign policy.

There is a big picture. START starts with Reagan's SALT 3 that advanced as START by the Realists in Reagan's second term, passed by the Realists during GHW Bush. It expired while the NeoCons controlled GW Bush's foreign policy and they wouldn't renew it. When Obama was elected the Realists got the new START passed and now the NeoCons are trying to block implementation of the new START.

And what really has the NeoCons panties in a knot is that if and when START gets implemented, the next treaty will be the comprehensive test ban treaty.