Several days after its absurd endorsement of renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War and calling for a more aggressive posture against Russia’s war with Ukraine, the Washington Post stated that signing a follow-on to the New START Treaty was “reckless.” New START is actually the last remaining nuclear arms-control treaty between the United State and Russia and it is due to expire in February 2026.
Washington Post Targets Disarmament in Its March to the Right
MELVIN GOODMAN
New START is the only stepping stone to pursuing deeper cuts in the U.S. and Russian strategic arsenals as well as to pursuing serious arms control negotiations with China, which is currently growing its strategy arsenal at a record pace.