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Russia says it will not renew arms agreement with U.S.
Reuters ^ | Oct. 10, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 10/10/2012 6:38:29 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

(Reuters) - Russia will not renew a decades-old agreement with Washington on dismantling nuclear and chemical weapons when it expires next year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

The death of the 1991 agreement, which had been renewed twice, is the latest in a series of hitches in relations between the United States and Russia and casts doubt on the future of the much-vaunted "reset" in relations between the Cold War-era foes.

"The basis of the program is an agreement of 1991 which, by virtue of the time when it was conceived, the way it was worked out and prepared, does not meet very high standards. The agreement doesn't satisfy us, especially considering new realities," Interfax quoted him as saying. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armsagreement; coldwar2; communismkills; obamaforeignpolicy; obamalegacy; russia; russiaarmsagreement; sovietreunion; ussr2; waronterror
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Uh oh....things are moving very quickly...


81 posted on 10/11/2012 6:30:42 AM PDT by EBH (0bama is guilty of willful neglect of duty.)
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To: Wildbill22; Brad from Tennessee
You make a good point: "if that opposing party (the US under Obama) is going to unilaterally restrain itself (by unilaterally disarming) then why do something stupid like signing a treaty."

An observation here: I'm old enough to remember when the stated goal of the left was "unilateral disarmament." The conservative response was to point out that the Soviets still retained an enormous and growing nuclear arsenal that needed to be countered. The left's reply was "if we disarm first, they won't have a need for it and they will disarm too! (Pass the reefer, will ya?)" Well, we have now mostly disamed, and guess what? The bear is building bombs and missiles like it's 1962 all over again.

The goal of the Left, and by extension their sock puppets the Democrats, has always been to leave the USA helpless before our enemies. They are about to get their wish.

82 posted on 10/11/2012 7:40:27 AM PDT by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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To: a fool in paradise

It needs to be at LEAST 7500—with a few(100 or so) High—yield warheads-(>5MT )—instead of what we are left with now..because I am SURE the Russkies have NOT done away with all of the SS-18’s with the 25MT warhead...and even though they are old and outdated...I am sure a FEW of them could still make it here—and kill a whole REGION—not just a city—each...

The tiger has nor claws anymore—.....


83 posted on 10/11/2012 8:34:35 AM PDT by Rca2000 ( NEVER underestimate the power of "one little election", in WI.....)
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To: Rca2000

Another reason for having a higher number that 300, they are not all stationed in silos in America. There are warheads deployed around the world, including mobile units.

If you’ve got them where they don’t do any good, you might as well not count them at all.


84 posted on 10/11/2012 9:27:06 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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To: jboot

>>An observation here: I’m old enough to remember when the stated goal of the left was “unilateral disarmament.

It still is. Obama is on record. So are some filmmakers and activists:

Countdown to Zero trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mn-1LuLhrw

From the people behind An Inconvenient Truth.

Goonie eyed liberals who think the only way to “end” the Islamist threat of nuclear detonation against the West is to eliminate ALL nuclear weapons.

And yes Obama makes it clear it wants NO weapons. He has already removed their use from the table in a US response to just about any sort of attack on us.


85 posted on 10/11/2012 9:33:14 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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To: Just mythoughts

Oops, messed that up - was 2/3 asleep...

Link is:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2943098/posts


86 posted on 10/11/2012 9:56:23 AM PDT by Paul R. (We are in a break in an Ice Age. A brief break at that...)
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To: jboot
The goal of the Left, and by extension their sock puppets the Democrats, has always been to leave the USA helpless before our enemies.

From "45 Communist Goals", as per "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:
Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963:

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

'Goals' 4-45 can be found here:
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

87 posted on 10/11/2012 11:34:41 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Irish Eyes

Your welcome. It is still available for viewing on the main page entries.


88 posted on 10/11/2012 12:09:45 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: Flag_This
"запуск" written in cyrillics, "zapusk" in Latin letters, pronounced "zAh-poosk". The capital stands for the stressed vowel.
89 posted on 10/15/2012 3:33:04 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Barry will have us at war with Russia soon.


90 posted on 10/15/2012 3:45:52 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: Flag_This
An instrument board for the Soviet SS-20 (Satan) system.

The launch button is behind the orange button in the left part. There's a keyhole nearby. Another man turning the key while the button is being pressed.

91 posted on 10/17/2012 7:44:22 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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