Why Are Some US Senators Opposing The Start treaty

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New Intel Leads Senators To Oppose START Ratification -- Washington Times

Two senior Senate Republicans expressed new concerns about a strategic arms pact with Russia that could imperil formal ratification as the pact was voted out of committee on Thursday.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted by 14 to four to approve what is being called New START, or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Full Senate debate and a vote could be held later this year although senators have said the vote could be delayed until next year.

Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond on Wednesday evening sent a classified letter to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee laying out a series of objections to the treaty.

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My Comment: I do not know the full details of the START agreement .... it is not a simple document to read .... but I do find it disquieting that there is such a rush to have this treaty ratified ASAP. Opponents to the treaty have legitimate concerns .... and to brush them aside and then demand that the START treaty must be ratified quickly makes me raise my eyebrows and question why the rush .... why now .... and why discredit the critics of the treaty in the matter that they are now being derided. To me .... this is now becoming more like politics at play and not taking the time and patience to fully discuss and debate the merits of this treaty for U.S. national security.