Politics trumps defense

Assessment by knowledgeable retired and distinguished professional in respected professional publication: “If Obama wanted to save some money and improve national defense, he should have gotten out of the nuke negations and acted unilaterally. START is simply a political victory for Obama.” http://bit.ly/eh5JW4
Full disclosure. A U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings article taught me how to board an armed Chinese junk full of munitions in the wee hours from a motor whaleboat. A truce was signed before I got close to finding out how well it would work. No great disappointment.