ROTTEN, WARMONGERING, BUSH-LOVING REPUBLICAN RAMBOS! - AT 9:01 P.M. ET:  These Republicans, always asking embarrassing questions.  Why can't they trust our new Russian brothers and sisters, like the Hollywood stars do?  The Washington Times reports the disgraceful Red scare: 

Republicans in the Senate are gearing up to battle the Obama administration over the high-priority plan to finish a new arms-control treaty with Russia before the end of the year.

Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican and No. 2 Republican Senate leader, recently identified a key issue that is likely to complicate the administration's plan: Russia for years has been violating the current Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which is set to expire Dec. 5.

Mr. Kyl said in a Senate floor speech Oct. 19 that Russia's development of a new multiple-warhead RS-24 missile that was tested as recently as May 2007 violates the current treaty.

"That would be illegal for the Russians to deploy under START. So why are they testing it?" Mr. Kyl asked.

COMMENT:  Another senator who doesn't understand that everything has changed in the world since The One was inaugurated in January.

Or maybe nothing has changed. 

Ronald Reagan and the people around him knew how to negotiate arms-control agreements, and they knew how to say "nyet" when necessary, as when Reagan refused to give up missile defense.  The Obamans don't exactly have the same savvy, to put it mildly.

I'm glad John Kyl is on the case.  This is too important to be left to the kids around Obama.

October 22, 2009