TagsTagsIn another piece of good news from the Raging Duck Congress, the Senate has passed the "New Start" arms control treaty, 71-26.
Russia, START, Nuclear Proliferation, Republican Party, Obstructionism, National Security, Europe
The Senate has voted for cloture on the new START arms treaty with Russia ... final count 67 yeas, 28 nays (all Republicans).
Russia, START, Nuclear Proliferation, Republican Party, Obstructionism, National Security, Europe
An interesting piece of information from the Wikileaks diplomatic cables (not really news, because most people already inferred it to be true -- but now it's confirmed) is that Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries have strongly encouraged a US attack on Iran to stop its nuclear program.
Wikileaks, Security, Julian Assange, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation
Is China playing a double game with North Korea, publicly deploring the North's nuclear weapons program but secretly helping them build it? A U.S.-based think-tank, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), had said in a report last month that North Korea had used China either directly or indirectly, ...
The Republican Party is getting so crazy they're starting to scare the whole world. LISBON, Portugal (CNN) – Several nations once in the shadow of the Iron Curtain have a message for Republicans in Congress: Don't stop New START before it starts. Making their appeal on behalf of the U.S.-Russian nuclear ...
Russia, START, Nuclear Proliferation, Republican Party, Obstructionism, National Security, Europe
President Obama is going to tackle the Republican effort to scuttle the START treaty head on: Obama Turns New Start Treaty Into Showdown With GOP. He is pushing for a vote on a signature issue despite long odds, daring Republicans to block an arms-control treaty at the risk of disrupting ...
Russia, START, Nuclear Proliferation, Republican Party, Obstructionism, National Security
The party of Homeland Security, as part of their strategy for subverting absolutely everything Barack Obama tries to achieve regardless of the effect on the nation, decided to take advantage of the lame duck Congress and block the START treaty with Russia. President Obama’s hopes of ratifying a new ...
Russia, START, Nuclear Proliferation, Republican Party, Obstructionism, National Security
Slate international relations columnist Fred Kaplan goes line by line through Mitt Romney’s attack on President Obama’s new START treaty, and concludes that it’s “shabby, misleading, and thoroughly ignorant.”
Barack Obama, Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, START, Mitt Romney
“What good is an atom bomb to anyone? The stupidest thing today is accumulating atomic weapons.” — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Hat tip: PlutoniumPage.)
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation
Ukraine may not be the biggest player in the non-aligned nuclear proliferation game, but this is good news: Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit.
Barack Obama, Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, Ukraine
“The last I checked, Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on nuclear issues.” [Video] I have to differ with President Obama. Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on anything, except maybe shooting defenseless animals with high caliber weapons. She’s an empty-headed, platitude-spouting, fanatically religious, determinedly ignorant, anti-science dim bulb.
Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Idiocy
Today, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed a historic nuclear arms reduction treaty, reestablishing a nuclear inspection agreement that lapsed along with START last December. Wingnut blogs are going bonkers, of course, because that’s what they do. Pamela “Shrieking Harpy” Geller has a representative comment, delivered with her characteristic taste, ...
Barack Obama, Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation
President Obama is revising the nuclear strategy of the United States, substantially limiting the conditions under which the US would use nuclear weapons. The most controversial part of the new strategy: Obama is committing not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that comply with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, even if ...
The Obama administration is making more than symbolic moves to pressure Iran, as federal prosecutors file complaints to seize 4 mosques and a New York skyscraper owned by an Iranian front group. NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama, Mosques
Go ahead, tell me you didn’t see this coming: Iran suggests it is not ready to export uranium. An Iranian diplomat said Monday his country wanted to buy fuel for its Teheran research reactor, the latest indication that Iran is not willing to ship most of its enriched uranium out ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
Surprising only those who haven’t paid attention to Iran’s history for the last 30 years, Iranian authorities waited until the last day to formally request “changes” to the latest IAEA proposal. Iran has formally asked for changes to an International Atomic Energy Agency proposal to ship nuclear fuel out of ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
With each missile test, Iran’s capability to deliver nuclear weapons is increasing. And with this new announcement today, we see that they’ve been carefully analyzing the best ways to protect their nuclear development sites, even if Israel launches a surprise attack: Iran put nuclear site near base in case of ...
What does it take to get Russia on board with sanctions against Iran? Russia links Iran sanctions to US missile change. NEW YORK – With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President Barack Obama’s ...
Russia, Missile Defense, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Diplomacy, Tightrope
The Obama administration is giving up their naïve and ill-considered policy of “engagement” toward Iran: Washington shifting from diplomacy toward sanctions on Iran. The United States is laying the groundwork for sanctions against Iran after having become increasingly disenchanted with the strategy of engagement, two senior administration officials told Jewish ...
Barack Obama, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President Obama has told Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to bother showing up to a UN reception for world leaders: White House: ‘Ahmadinejad won’t get invite to NY event’. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be unlikely to receive an invitation to a reception US President Barack Obama will host in ...
Barack Obama, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Anne Bayefsky ticks off the evidence that President Barack Obama has decided to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons: Waiting to See.
Libyan dictator “Col.” Muammar Gadafi, the Man of Many Spellings with the all-girl bodyguard squad, says that when Libya gave up its nuclear program (following the invasion of Iraq), they were on the brink of producing a nuclear bomb. I’ve realized that what seems like total insanity in Muammar Gadafi is ...
MEMRI TV, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, Gadhafi, Qadhafi, Qaddafi, Gaddafi, Qadafi, Gadafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, James Dean
Charles Krauthammer says, “Our president likes his plumage.” Obama says that his START will be a great boon, setting an example to enable us to better pressure North Korea and Iran to give up their nuclear programs. That a man of Obama’s intelligence can believe such nonsense is beyond comprehension. ...
Charles Krauthammer, opinion, Barack Obama, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, Russia
Barack Obama is reopening the US’s diplomatic mission in Damascus: U.S. to Return Ambassador to Syria After 4-Year Absence. President Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after an absence of more than four years, marking a significant step toward engaging an influential Arab nation long at ...
Syria, Iran, Terrorism, Nuclear Proliferation, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama