Christmas Card

While the Senate may have ratified the follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty this week despite the opposition of more than a quarter of its members, don't think for a second that the 26 senators who voted against the pact will be off the hook, at least as far as the Truman National Security Project is concerned.

The organization sent letters to each of those senators stating the group was "extremely disappointed in your decision to sweep aside the strong advice of military and security experts by campaigning against the ratification of the New START treaty in the lame duck session. In light of your efforts to undermine American security for political gain, this is the type of Christmas card you should expect to receive this year."

Dear Senator,

We are thinking of you during this difficult time.

We would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your brave campaign to defeat the New START Treaty. In our continued efforts to get our hands on a nuclear weapon, you have been a real ally, and a true friend. We are disappointed that New START has been passed by an overwhelming, bipartisan majority of your peers, but we take comfort in knowing that you did your best, and that you were by our side from the beginning.

Now that the Russo-American relationship will be further strengthened and Russia's stockpile of nuclear weapons will again be monitored by U.S. forces, we will have to come up with new strategies to obtain a nuclear weapon. We hope we can count on you to continue to undermine American security.

With gratitude,

Osama Bin Laden

Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah

And Other World Terrorists