match the Syrian offer to turn over its chemical weapons for destruction by decommissioning 100 nuclear missiles.

With the looming prospect of peaceful disarmament by the Assad government, prompt action by the United States in the form of unilateral nuclear disarmament in even a token quantity would demonstrate both our abhorrence of weapons of mass destruction and our willingness to give them up in any effort aimed at reducing stockpiles. We should decommission 100 nuclear-tipped strategic missiles and offer to negotiate with China and Russia with the end-goal of a global strategic missile drawdown, Global reduction in nuclear stockpiles has been an element in Obama's plans as he elucidated in both terms. A key provision of this treaty would have to be inspectors both in the USA and Syria, so a treaty with Syria should also be a model for verification within the USA.