It is one of the absurdities of international politics that arms control becomes politically toxic at the very moment when it is most needed.
That ship sailed a long time ago, as the United States was never going to accept any arms control agreement that wasn't a "I win - you lose, I only take and you only give" type of arrangement.
The End of Arms Control As We Know It?
That ship sailed a long time ago, as the United States was never going to accept any arms control agreement that wasn't a "I win - you lose, I only take and you only give" type of arrangement.