Gee, I wonder why?
The United States plans to let a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia expire in 2009 and replace it with a less formal agreement that eliminates strict verification requirements and weapons limits, a senior U.S. official says.
This would continue President George W. Bush’s practice of repudiating arms control as a means of curbing nuclear weapons while relying more on countermeasures like export controls, interdiction and sanctions.
This approach makes many arms control experts uneasy, but the Democratic-led U.S. Congress has shown little interest in the START treaty’s fate. Some congressional aides say whatever Bush does, his successor — who takes office in January 2009 — could seek modifications.
What’s that Maher quote that’s going around? “Bad things happen when mediocre democrats let them?”
that third party better raise its ugly head soon.