President Barack Obama tried to sway reluctant Republican senators on Monday to back a new arms control treaty with Russia as GOP aversion to giving a politically damaged president another victory intruded on his national security agenda.
There it is; that’s all you need to know. The GOP is refusing to pass the sort of thing that always gets passed easily because they want to politically harm the president. This was never about New START or anything important; it’s the height of pettiness.
Kerry bemoaned the politics atypical for arms control treaties.
“When the leader comes to the floor and says that our national security is being driven by politics, we really need to step back for a moment and calm down and think for a moment about what is at stake,” the Massachusetts Democrat said. He later added: “I mean is there no shame ever with respect to the arguments that are made sometimes on the floor of the United States Senate.”
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It’s going to be ratified, mark my words.
They want to amend it to ensure they cannot withdraw if we decide to expand our missile shield in Europe. While that would delay it, I’m still confident its going to be ratified. After January if they want it ratified they are going to have a make a concession on that amendment.
Bullshit excuse.
I’m not saying it isn’t. Myself I wouldn’t be opposed to the idea of a provision such as this.
Even if it is to hurt him politically, that’s politics.