From Hart’s Saturday column: “Negotiating missile treaties with naiveté jeopardizes our security. The belief that if the United States lays down its arms, those militant countries that hate us will do the same, is folly.”

And when has Obama suggested otherwise? Heck, we’re discussing increasing the troop strength in Afghanistan; that’s hardly beating swords into plowshares.

It’s a little vague what Hart is referring to, but if he means yanking the anti-missile system from Eastern Europe, that was a good move, and hardly naive. If he means negotiating with Iran, I don’t recall anything in that about laying down our arms.

I’m not sure if he has a point he wasn’t clear about or if, as usual, he’s regurgitating Republican themes—Obama is weak! Diplomacy is bad! Nuke Iran!—without saying anything definite enough to argue with.

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