PLAYING WITH FIRE – AT 7:54 P.M. ET:  This isn't being discussed nearly enough:  President Obama, dancing with his party's left wing, wants drastic cuts in the nation's nuclear arsenal.  Given Obama's general foreign-policy views, would you trust this man with your nuclear future?  Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reports:

WASHINGTON: The US President plans ''dramatic reductions'' in the US nuclear weapon stockpile as part of a sweeping review designed to prove his commitment to the goal of global nuclear disarmament.

The news of Barack Obama's review emerged as negotiations to complete a US-Russia nuclear arms treaty stalled over a Russian demand for the option to withdraw unilaterally if Moscow determines that US missile defence would threaten its intercontinental nuclear missile force, a senior US official said.

The Obama administration, however, has rejected the Russian demand, fearing it could make it harder to win the Republican votes needed for Senate ratification of the new nuclear arms pact.

Huh?  Did we read that right?  The only reason the Obamans turned down the Russian demand is that it could complicate Senate ratification?  Are they serious?  It should be turned down because it's absurd.

Once again we see how naive these people are.  Or, maybe they're not naive.  Maybe this is what they really believe, which is just as chilling.

''The issue here is what do the Russians feel they need, but also keeping an eye on not trying to complicate the ratification process,'' said a senior US official.

How about what we need?  Do these Ivy League "sophisticates" ever consider that?  Geez.

Mr Obama discussed the review with his Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, on Monday. The review is due to be published in December but was delayed reportedly because Mr Obama did not consider it radical enough.

Set off the alarm bells.  Right now.  We hope that by December we'll have enough Republicans in the Senate to block any nutty treaties.  Treaties require two-thirds for ratification.

The latest complication centres on Mr Obama's decision to deploy US anti-missile interceptors in Romania as part of a plan to defend Europe against medium-range missile attacks from Iran.

''Russia has serious questions regarding the true purpose of the US missile defence in Romania,'' a Russian foreign ministry spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko, said on Friday.

COMMENT:  We must insist that the administration maintain its commitment to Romania.  If we start selling out small countries to feed the Russian bear, it will never end.  Ronald Reagan walked away from a treaty with Russia because Gorbachev insisted that we give up missile defense.  Reagan refused, and history has proved him right.

March 2, 2010