Dick Lugar: “We're not looking for perfection. You're not going to find any in our policies in this part of the world.”

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

There is precedent for using patient diplomacy to resolve treaty violations.

Several members of Congress have already proposed legislation along these lines.

Congress could condition funding to develop new missiles on receipt from the administration of a comprehensive military, economic, and diplomatic strategy to bring Russia back into compliance with the treaty.