A late look at a troubling treaty

By Peter Brookes

"It turns out the Russians got a great deal on the new Strategic Arms Reduc tion Treaty, which President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed in Prague last month.

At our expense, of course.

The bad news is late in leaking out because seemingly no one outside the government — and likely few, if any, inside Congress — got a look at the arms-control pact before the two leaders inked it.

But the treaty’s problems should be front and center as early as next week, when the Senate starts hearings on it. (Like any US treaty, the new START requires the approval of 67 senators for ratification.)"