If Crass Politics Trump our National Security, Then What? Posted by Kelsey Hartigan

Well, it won’t be pretty. 

There are nearly 23,000 nuclear weapons in the world.  Together, the United States and Russia hold nearly 95 percent of those weapons.  The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) will limit the number of nuclear weapons held by the two largest nuclear powers in the world.  The treaty facilitates transparency and stability between the U.S. and Russia.  Its streamlined verification regime allows the U.S. to inspect and monitor the Russian arsenal—a critical component of our national security.  New START also bolsters U.S. credibility and strengthens the global nonproliferation regime—a key element to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and preventing terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons. 

Unless of course, “The Party of No” decides to play political games.

Then our window into the Russian arsenal goes up in flames, our strategic relationship is severely damaged, and any and all international legitimacy is wiped clean. 

To date, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has held six hearings on the New START Treaty.  Every single national security expert who has appeared before the committee has recommended ratifying the agreement.  A majority of those who testified are former senior Republican officials—the likes of James Schlesinger, Henry Kissinger and Stephen Hadley.  In accordance with his prestigious arms control record, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) has also endorsed the treaty, saying “I support the New START treaty and believe that it will enhance United States national security.”   He is the only Republican senator to do so. 

What’s more—as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "The New START Treaty has the unanimous support of America's military leadership-to include the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the service chiefs, and the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, the organization responsible for our strategic nuclear deterrent.“

So with this kind of support, would anyone really vote against it? 

We really shouldn’t have to ask that question.  Unfortunately, some Senators are more interested in playing politics that defending our national security.  The ramifications of this could be devastating.  This isn’t just a yes-or-no vote.  This treaty is tied directly to our national security and the failure to ratify New START would be disastrous. 

Former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State to Presidents Nixon and Ford, Dr. Henry Kissinger urged senators to look at the agreement through a different lens, that is, a world without New START:

“In deciding on ratification, concerns need to be measured against the consequences of nonratification, particularly interrupting a process that has been going on for decades, the relationship to the NPT and to the attempt to achieve a strategic coherence.

And so for all these reasons, I recommend ratification of this treaty…”

Kissinger further elaborated on the dangers of rejecting New START: 

“This START treaty is an evolution of treaties that have been negotiated in previous administrations of both parties. And its principal provisions are an elaboration or continuation of existing agreements.

Therefore a rejection of them would indicate that a new period of American policy has started that might rely largely on the unilateral reliance of its nuclear weapons and would therefore create an element of uncertainty in the calculations of both adversaries and allies.

And therefore I think it would have an unsettling impact on the international environment.”

Former Defense Secretaries William Perry and James Schlesinger also testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  James Schlesinger, also known as “The Secretary of Everything” said it was “obligatory” to ratify New START.   Both agreed that rejecting the accord would severe consequences:

As Dr. Schlesinger observed, failure to ratify this treaty "would have a detrimental effect on our ability to influence others with regard to, particularly, the nonproliferation issue."  Dr. Perry further commented that "If we fail to ratify this treaty, the U.S. forfeits any right to leadership on nonproliferation policies."

Over the past few weeks alone, the United States has leveraged its leadership role to pass a final document at the NPT Review Conference—where over 180 states unanimously supported a final document that strengthens the Non-Proliferation Treaty—the first time in ten years that we’ve seen that level of support, the United Nations Security Council, to include Russia and China, also voted to sanction Iran for its continued defiance and refusal to answer questions regarding its nuclear program, and Russia announced that it had cancelled the sale of its S-300 missiles to Iran.

If the United States Senate fails to provide its advice and consent to ratify the New START accord, it will be because some senators blatantly ignored the advice of our top national security experts and because they chose a political talking point over our national security.  And that’s not a game. 

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