In response to the START Treaty agreed to by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Senate republicans have started their own treaty known as STOP or Stopping Obama with Propaganda.
The START treaty is an agreement between the US and Russia to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by 30%. This is the conclusion of a goal set forth by Ronald Reagan, however, since it was actually completed by President Obama is has now become objectionable to Republicans.
Their stated opposition suggests that they don't understand the treaty since their concerns over future technologies are explicitly exempt from the treaty. This implies that these Republican Senators are either uninterested in actually understanding the treaty or ,more likely, they are just going to arbitrarily block anything the President supports. Proof of this is the litany of former Republican officials have testified for ratification of the treaty including former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, James Baker and George Shultz, as well as many senior retired military officers who were responsible for U.S. strategic nuclear forces in the past.
For people who claim to care about the opinions of our Military, they have shown a propensity for ignoring them when the Military recommendation does not match the Republican talking points.
I find the Republicans unyielding petulance in the ratification this treaty to be one of the most reprehensible acts they have committed since it not only weakens our foreign relations but also makes America and it's allies less safe, all in the name of scoring political points.
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