&host=rt.com&uri=/usa/news/obama-not-rush-start/&via=(none)&ua=CCBot/1.0 (+http://www.commoncrawl.org/bot.html))
“Obama will not rush with START”
Published: 05 December, 2009, 01:32
Edited: 07 December, 2009, 21:16
TAGS: Nuclear, Russia, Merkel, Politics, USA
President Obama will not rush to negotiate the new START treaty, despite Russians expecting he will, said Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund.
“There is no way he [Obama] is going to rush this treaty,” Cirincione said. “He is more interested in getting it right than finishing it by some arbitrary deadline.”
He also added that Russians may misunderstand Obama’s motivation, just like right wing politicians in the USA.
“The Russians seem to be convinced that what the right wing in the United States has been saying about president Obama is true – that he is weak and vain and is more interested in securing the treaty than in getting the treaty right,” Joseph Cirincione said.
“They believe than Obama wants to finish the treaty before he goes to Oslo on December 10 to pick up his Noble Peace Prize and they are using tough negotiating tactics and refusing to agree on the last few details in the hope of gaining a concession. I think that this is a misreading of Obama.”
04.12.2009, 23:07
9 comments
Americans split over being world’s policemenA survey in the United States has found that 49% of those asked say America should “mind its own business in the world” – while another 44% insist their country should “go its own way no matter what anyone else thinks.” |
05.12.2009, 03:34
3 comments
“Real unemployment in US is twice official figure”Although official figures for US unemployment is 10 percent, the actual unemployment rate is twice as large, Michael Lind of New America Foundation told RT. |
When the expiring START treaty was negotiated 20 years ago US took an advantage of USSR weakness due to its huge economical problem at that time but this time round Russia is asking for equal participation which does not suit US because it got use to dictating terms to be in advantage with its potential on a Global scale. Things are much different now and US is in a worse economic position than what USSR used to be 20 years ago and Russia is in a driving seat negotiating the terms.
The bickering between two parties in the U.S. is for theater and giving appearance of choice. What the readers in other parts of the world need to understand is that both parties are controlled by a lobbying contingent and corporate interests around Washington D.C,; that is well financed by corporations in American. It is rare when a politician truly works for the people. The current Administrative branch head in the U.S., is no such rare person.