Dick Lugar: “It is still going to be the United States that defends Israel, and therefore they'll need to accept that.”

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

The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.

Congress has the ability to press the administration on its strategy to prevent a new Euro-missile race and increased instability in the absence of the INF Treaty.

Yes, I believe New START meets this threshold with one exception.