Citing canard that moderates are more inclined to respect Republicans on national security matters, libertarians and Grover Norquist call for defense cuts than Democrats.
Ratification is like the starter’s gun — but is the finish line disarmament or a nuclear-industrial complex more deeply entrenched than ever?
Will the horse trading on New START ever end? First exorbitant funding for the nuclear weapons industry, now legislative measures.
Republican foot-dragging on President Obama’s signature nuclear initiative places them at odds with the defense establishment.
A “clear and present danger”? That’s what Representative Peter King called WikiLeaks.
Senator Jon Kyl’s attempts to extort more money for nuclear weapons notwithstanding, even most Republican senators may be ready to vote yes on New START.
Which is it, Senator Kyl? Is New START “relatively benign,” as you’ve called it, or ideologically unacceptable to you and other Republicans?
The staggering amount of money that the Obama administration is throwing at the nuclear weapons industry in return for ratification of START proving hard for the Senate to resist.
The Obama administration could punish Republicans, were they to reject new START, by withholding promised funds for the nuclear weapons industry.
Republican sees nuke base failure as yet another opportunity to engage in new START obstructionism.