Avatar photoNew Year, New START

Retired Admiral “Fox” Fallon, ex-head of CENTCOM and PACOM, called the ratification of New-START “a no-brainer” in an interview with Mary Beth Sheridan in the Washington Post. General Brent Scowcroft, President George H.W. Bush’s national security adviser, told ABC News’ Jake Tapper that the ruckus over New START’s ratification in the Senate was “baffling to …

Avatar photoVictory Kudos

Exceptional performances deserve recognition, and there are many worth noting after the Senate’s consent to ratifying New START with seven votes to spare on December 22nd. Here’s my short list:

Avatar photoS is for Strategic, T is for …

Do you know why the New START treaty doesn’t deal with tactical nuclear weapons? Because it starts with a f’cking S, that’s why.

Avatar photoAll I Want for X-Mas is New START

John Isaacs is clearly a genius: ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a treaty was stirring, not even New START. The speeches were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that some amendments soon would be there; The Senators were nestled all snug in their rooms, While smells of …