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INTERNATIONAL: "U.S. and Russia Begin Arms Talks With a December Deadline," by Ellen Barry, New York Times, 20 May 2009.
As I argued
in the recent Esquire piece, I have no problem with more arms reductions with Russia, especially if it gives us a good out on that idiotic missile shield program (which a recent EastWest Institute study noted was insufficient on any Iranian threat anyway). I just see no utility in going to zero.
This is good and useful work that revives the sort of strategic cooperation which Bush let fall to the wayside in his preference for missile defense. The deal will likely resemble the one Bush and Putin sketched out in 2002.
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