Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...oppose ratification of SALT II because of the events in Afghanistan is to invite further Soviet aggression by telling the Soviet Union that heightened military competition is what the United States wants. To delay the arms limitation debate in the current sabre-rattling climate may be a wise tactical move for Carter; but SALT and the years of negotiation it represents are still the best hope for world peace. Dumping the treaty now would neither hurt the Soviets nor further U.S. interests...
...Iranian crisis also helped delay the vote on the most important issue before the U.S. Senate: the SALT II accord. With passage already in doubt, treaty supporters feared that the embassy takeover would strengthen SALT opponents, who argued against limiting U.S. power. Thus the vote was postponed until early in 1980, when Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd says it will receive "top priority." Says Byrd: "I have no reluctance whatsoever to call up SALT, even though I don't know where all the votes are." By the most optimistic Senate head count, the treaty remains at least half...