Treaty w/ russia...

[buckman]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Obama, Russian president sign arms treaty - CNN.com

So,

we score a decent victory as a species, towards a goal of REGAN's to have less nukes, w/o limiting our ability to defend/keep Iran, NK, etc in check.

But of course, he is a horrible president, America is ruined, so it is not worth mentioning...

Yup, We are all set now. All Praise Obama. Let me just check the Doomsday Clock. Now you trust the Russians Haven't we been through this enough. Remember them invading Georgia just a few short months ago?

[spence]

Originally Posted by buckman

Remember them invading Georgia just a few short months ago?

While that was a huge (and calculated) over reaction, I'd note that the Georgians did fire first.

We're always going to see conflict in the Caucasus. It's just too strategic an area.

This seems like a good treaty. Long-term it will help reduce the number of nukes, mid-term it will help additional effort for non-proliferation and short-term it will cause Republicans to make really dumb statements

-spence

[buckman]

Originally Posted by spence

While that was a huge (and calculated) over reaction, I'd note that the Georgians did fire first.

We're always going to see conflict in the Caucasus. It's just too strategic an area.

This seems like a good treaty. Long-term it will help reduce the number of nukes, mid-term it will help additional effort for non-proliferation and short-term it will cause Republicans to make really dumb statements

-spence

Russia will get rid of some old nukes, we'll get rid of some new ones and we won't build any more. Proliferation is taking place, you just refuse to see it.

[Bronko]

Originally Posted by buckman

Russia will get rid of some old nukes, we'll get rid of some new ones and we won't build any more. Proliferation is taking place, you just refuse to see it.

The Russians will just ship the nukes they are "getting rid of" to Iran or North Korea under cover of night. This type of treaty is worthless paper. All attention should ne on Iran...period.

[spence]

Originally Posted by buckman

Russia will get rid of some old nukes, we'll get rid of some new ones and we won't build any more. Proliferation is taking place, you just refuse to see it.

Yes, I'm sure the Pentagon/DoE will recommend we decommission our best and most advanced weapons first.

See, it's happening already

and short-term it will cause Republicans to make really dumb statements

-spence

[buckman]

Originally Posted by spence

Yes, I'm sure the Pentagon/DoE will recommend we decommission our best and most advanced weapons first.

See, it's happening already



-spence

And Russia is doing the same thing It cracks me up too.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by spence

I'd note that the Georgians did fire first.

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-spence

That's what Russia said