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Obama Hails New Start for U.S. and RussiaPosted on Apr 8, 2010
President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, met in Prague on Thursday to sign the New START Treaty, effectively replacing the now-expired Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991. Obama said the new measure was “an important milestone for nuclear security and non-proliferation” that would pave the way for more progress down the line. —KA
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By Steve E, April 9, 2010 at 2:43 am Link to this comment
Just a dog and pony show performed by our own Corporate Clown and residing
Report thisMilitary Complex Water Boy. Have at it Barry now that you have Iran in your
crosshairs. Oh yeah, you are just waiting for that call from Tel Aviv.
By Tinkie, April 8, 2010 at 9:35 pm Link to this comment
“each side is allowed a maximum of 1,550 warheads”..
Wow, that’s a relief!
Report thisBy gerard, April 8, 2010 at 3:11 pm Link to this comment
I’ve been to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I’ve talked to victims and people who have taken care of victims. I’m not so cavalier as rollzone.
Report thisPeople’s bodies burned into shadows on cement; nothing else left. Children half-burned alive while on their way to school. Beautiful girls, faces torn to shreds, permanently defaced. People living for years afterward, in pain and suffering humiliation, and radiation sickness, needing constant care.
It is all far too awful, and once you’ve been near it, you are grateful for any agreements at all to get rid of this hell on earth. Not that Obama has done enough, but nobody has done anything for decades. This agreement is better than nothing and promises more. When the Republicans pounce on this as
endangering our “security,” speak up while you still can!
By rollzone, April 8, 2010 at 1:48 pm Link to this comment
hello. i have never understood why this issue is played like a political game. both sides could no loopholes drop to verifiable minimums overnight if it was not a game. the USSR was terminated, but now surprisingly Russia takes stage like the inbred cousin. it all seems too phony. let ‘em fly, and we will see whose work, and whose do not. bye bye, Anastasiya, i will miss you.
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