Russia To Obama On Doing Away With All Nukes: “Nyet”

Posted on June 10, 2009

Darn those mean ole neocon Ruskies, not buying into HopeNchange!

Russia must keep at least 1,500 nuclear warheads after talks with the United States on a new arms treaty, Interfax news agency quoted the commander of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces as saying Wednesday.

If Moscow’s final position reflects Colonel-General Nikolai Solovtsov’s view, it would mean Russia is not willing to cut its stockpiles by more than a few hundred strategic warheads – far less than some arms control bodies had hoped.

April 4th

President Obama urged nations Sunday to get rid of nuclear weapons, saying that the U.S. is committed to reducing nuclear stocks within the next four years.

Obama may be, but Russia, France, England, Japan, Iran, India, North Korea, China, Pakistan, Israel, Syria, and the nations involved in sharing aren’t.

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