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Yes and no. France and Great Britain guaranteed Ukraine's territorial integrity, when they agreed to return the ex-soviet nuclear weapons to Russia after the fa
by exar0815 10y ago
Yes and no. France and Great Britain guaranteed Ukraine's territorial integrity, when they agreed to return the ex-soviet nuclear weapons to Russia after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Somehow, they weaseled themselves out.
- simonh 10y agoWell, Russia guaranteed their territorial integrity as well but nobody saw the annexation of Crimea coming. We were caught flat footed and presented with a fait accompli. But in any case I don't think we had any military obligation under the treaty. No such excuse in SE Asia.
- kahnpro 10y agoNor any desire. Ukraine is unstable and Crimea contains the Sevastopol base. Obama probably fist-bumped Putin and said "it's all good bro".
- xixi77 10y agoUgh how so? I have a lot of issues with Obama, but just because he believes that a direct military intervention is not the best way to deal with the problem, doesn't mean that he "fist-bumped Putin". He does see Russian antics as a threat (other than a few delusional paleocons, pretty much everyone does), but just as it was with Soviet Union, Russian greatest weakness today is economic, which is where the pressure is applied. It's not nearly as effective as it could be due to the boneheaded attitudes of a few people, but hopefully that changes soon enough...
- simonh 10y agoHe's also a well known puppy killer.
- brohee 10y agoSurely you mean the US and the UK? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit... http://www.dw.com/en/ukraines-forgotten-security-guarantee-the-budapest-memorandum/a-18111097 http://www.dw.com/en/ukraines-forgotten-security-guarantee-t... France wasn't a signatory.
- exar0815 10y agoYeah, sorry, had that somehow mixed up.