Disarmament Love Fest in Moscow

The New American

[Horatio Bunce]

Disarmament Love Fest in Moscow

Proclaiming a desire "to establish a genuine partnership based on the principles of mutual security, cooperation, trust, openness, and predictability," President George Bush and Vladimir Putin of Russia, on May 24th, signed what Associated Press called "the biggest arms-reduction treaty in history." According to President Bush, the treaty-signing ceremony "ended a long chapter of confrontation and opened up an entirely new relationship between our countries."

Putin, the ex-KGB boss, concurred. "Together, we will counteract global threats and challenges," Putin said. "We’re going to form a stable world order in the interests of our peoples and our countries." Dubbed the Treaty of Moscow, the new pact commits Russia and the U.S. to reduce their strategic nuclear arsenals to 2,200 warheads each by December 31, 2002. In addition to the treaty, Bush and Putin signed an eight-page agreement pledging U.S.-Russian cooperation on economic matters, the Middle East peace process, nuclear proliferation and missile defense, and the war against terrorism.

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One of the promises of the Bush campaign was to "increase our defenses." This isn't happening, and to make it worse, Bush is negotiating with a country that has a reputation for not following through on previous nuclear disarmament treaty's, and a reputation for encouraging terrorism.

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