Oh, and Schock Would Violate the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
One of the more obvious problems with the Shocklove’s idea is that, Ronald Reagan signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 1987 and it was ratified in the US Senate in 1988. The INF Treaty banned Intermediate Range Nuclear Missiles and the last one was destroyed (outside of museum pieces) in 1991. IOW, we haven’t had any Pershing Missiles since Aaron Schock was 10 years old.
Developing new intermediate range missiles would violate the INF Treaty and cause a rather serious and significant problem in our relations with Russia.
But you know:
.” In a phone interview, Schock’s manager Steve Shearer added that Schock’s proposal is “not just something that he pulled out of his pocket … It’s a deeply thought-out policy.”
I’d hate to see what’s in the pocket.
November 11th, 2007 at
I’ve been waiting for someone to notice that we don’t have intermediate range weapons and remember the INF treaty.
And yeah, let’s hope his pockets are empty…