WHO IS SALT?

Have you got the chance to watch the new Angelina Jolie spy action flick? Do you know that the lead role actually first being offered to Tom Cruise. When he baulked on the offer, it went to Mrs Pitt. Its a story about Russian agent  planted at the top of US intelligence unit with a long term plan to destroy America. Too far fetched eh? Lets go back into history, say 1969.

In early 60s, The US  Congress approved legislation creating something called the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. A program of "general and complete disarmament" became the official policy of the United States. The pet phrase "disarmament" is buzzword as is "global warming" or "green technology" as for today.

Its a program for reducing Arms and Nuclear War Head between US and Russia in the name of world peace and harmony. One year later, in September 1961, the Kennedy Administration issued its disarmament proposal, in State Department Publication 7277, Freedom From War.

In November 1969 a conference was held between both countries to implement this policy. Its actually more of a negotiation for disarmament.

The conference is called Strategic Arms  Limitations Talk or known as SALT. At the end of the negotiation, it is found that deal of SALT  was incredibly slanted to favor the Soviets. How bad was it ? Its a disaster to put it bluntly.

The SALT Treaty granted the Soviets a 41-percent superiority in land-based missiles, a 94-percent superiority in sea-based missiles, and a 50-percent superiority in submarines.

Senators Barry Goldwater and John Tower joined other legislators in warning that the agreements guarantee the Communists a four-to-one advantage over the U.S. in missile payload capability; permit the Reds to continue building nuclear submarines while blocking US from doing the same; and, assure the Soviets of a three-to-two advantage in the number of missiles deployed.

Why the hell did US was so dumb in negotiating? You only get what you negotiate. Nothing more and nothing less. Who arranged American terms?

The one responsibled in leading the SALT Treaty at that time is the US State of Secretary,  Mr. Henry Kissinger.

So, what was the plot of the movie SALT again?