GOP agenda threatens relations with Israel and national security

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It began with GOP blocking President Obama’s efforts to renew the START treaty with Russia. Now, “Scores of Tea Party-backed candidates are entering Congress, many of whom favor isolationist policies and are determined to cut American foreign aid, regardless of its destination,” according to The New York Times. However, Representative Eric Cantor, and “other newly empowered Republicans are eager to promote themselves as Israel’s staunchest defenders in Washington, the reconfigured American political landscape is a more complex and unpredictable backdrop for Middle East peacemaking.”

The START treaty, originally ratified by the Ronald Regan Administration, is designed to reduce missiles, warheads and launchers. The new agreement replaces the previous one that expires in December. The Hill reports that, “ratification will require 67 votes by the Senate… and Republicans have been vocal critics of the treaty for months, led by GOP Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona.”

With tensions heating up between North and South Korea after a recent artillery exchange, the GOP appears to be taking their war against President Obama across the line of reason. The republican attitude of anything to defeat Obama is threatening the national security of the United States.

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