Sarah Palin,  START

Sarah Palin Urges Senate Republicans to Vote NO on New START Treaty

Here is her post over at National Review.

The proposed New START agreement should be evaluated by the only criteria that matters for a treaty: Is it in America’s interest?  I am convinced this treaty is not.  It should not be rammed through in the lame duck session using behind the scenes deal-making reminiscent of the tactics used in the health care debate.

New START actually requires the U.S. to reduce our nuclear weapons and allows the Russians to increase theirs.  This is one-sided and makes no strategic sense.  New START’s verification regime is weaker than the treaty it replaces, making it harder for us to detect Russian cheating.  Since we now know Russia has not complied with many arms control agreements currently in force, this is a serious matter. 

Read it all.

It is probably best to table the treaty and have the next Senate review and/or amend it. There really is NO hurry to rush the debate.