Analyst's note:  Our federal gov't is duped once again regarding our national defense. 

[....] "The treaty will have a legally binding provision on the link between strategic offensive and defensive weapons" ...

[....] One of the key arguments made by American proponents of New START is that the language in the treaty's preamble linking strategic offensive and defensive weapons is nonbinding.

Sen. John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat who has been leading the fight for ratification, said during floor debate that the treaty's preamble is "a component of the treaty that has no legal, binding impact whatsoever." [....]