Posted on 12/20/2010 10:54:25 AM PST by balls
WASHINGTON — Russia warned the United States Senate on Monday not to rewrite the new arms control treaty being debated on Capitol Hill as American lawmakers clashed about the politics of ratification in the waning days of the Congressional session.
Republican critics of the treaty, known as New Start, offered more amendments to the treaty’s language on verification and launcher limits. But any change to the treaty text would require both countries to return to the negotiating table, and Moscow made it clear that senators had to accept the treaty or reject it as it is, without amendments.
“I can only underscore that the strategic nuclear arms treaty, worked out on the strict basis of parity, in our view fully answers to the national interests of Russia and the United States,” Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, told the Interfax news agency on Monday. “It cannot be opened up and become the subject of new negotiations.”
The Russian statement provoked a sharp response from the leading Republican treaty opponent, Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona. “What’s wrong with that?” he asked of returning to the negotiating table to improve the treaty. “Unless you think the U.S. Constitution was really stupid to give the Senate a role in this, it doesn’t seem there’s anything wrong with the Senate saying, ‘You got about nine-tenths of it right.’ ”
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Yes, Putin is an asshat. I am not denying that. Our own president is an asshat. Both men have no respect for the US.
Road mobile ICBM’s and tactical nukes are not counted in this. It also prohibits missile defense by the US, and allows Russia to keep its current nuclear stockpiles. What more does Russia want?
The Rooskies have been trying to get us to scrap our “Star Wars” ABM system since Gorbychov.
This is their last chance—Obama want’s us as helpless as any other 3rd World country real bad and Putin wants to help him.
ZOT START HARD!!!
Don’t don’t don’t let’s START.
I’ve got a broken heart.
That ain’t no sock puppet or a hand. Putin being a man’s man and all. If this doesn’t give a clue to the Repubs in the Senate to stop all discussion or to amend the treaty until it is unratified, then nothing will.
Somebody call Scott Brown— what do you think NOW Scott? The russkies say don’t change anything and YOU AGREE WITH THEM???
Dependent upon the executive branch to negotiate (that’s a laugh) with the russians. What does the treaty say? The russians are ADDING to their stockpile and we have agreed to lower ours and no new technology- how smart is that?
Just two more years of Obama, give or take...
“Russia Warns Senate Not to Amend Arms Control Treaty”
And I would warn the rooskies to be careful when they BITE ME!
Surely that’s a rhetorical question.
So now Hussein is bowing to the Russians.....and we are forced to follow suit?
Can anyone in the Senate even spell US SOVEREIGNTY???
(PS: he’s not bowing, he’s on his knees. And he won’t even get paid the hooker’s union $20 minimum)
I have just one question for 0: What is in this treaty for us?
Is that a They Might Be Giants reference?
In other words, the treaty smells to high heaven like BS but yeah, let’s ratify the piece of garbage.....in a lameduck session to boot..... =.=
If one literally follows them both, then it would theoretically be possible to simultaneously reduce by exactly TWO, the number of significant problems facing the world...
I’ll write nothing more - don’t want trouble for FR, or men in suits knocking on my door...
A.A.C.
Say no more. Say no more. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink...
Yob tvoyu maht, Tovarisch Putin.
“I found my thrill... on Capitol Hill...”
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