BBC: Russia suspends arms control pact

Oh boy.

Thanks almost entirely to the far-sighted international vision of George W. Bush, Russia has withdrawl from a key Cold War treaty and committed itself to another arms race. Russia has informed the U.S. that it intends to pull out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Well, Georgie didn't want to feel bound by the ABM Treaty either. Can you really blame Vladimir Vladimirovich for wanting to find a way out?

While Russia has "not fully withdrawn" from the treaty, for all intents and purposes it has done just that. According to the BBC, Russian withdrawal "means that Russia will no longer permit inspections or exchange data on its [weapon] deployments," and has laid out a "six-month timetable for withdrawal and opening the way for the creation of an anti-missile defense system."

Let the new race begin.