Republicans blocking START treaty for political gain

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Originally Posted by joeydb

Treaties like this are stupid. The rest of the world is building up their arsenal, and we had better start modernizing ours and fast.

Deterrence, and not "Kumbaya" singing, is the way to ensure peace.

Don't know what the treaty involves, do you Joey? It goes directly to keeping nuclear capabilities balanced (thus safer)

So you and Chuck are voting AGAINST extending our ability to continue physically going into Russia, and actually counting their arsenal, checking out their nuclear sites, seeing their capabilities, etc.