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So Ukraine agreed to denuclearization in exchange for having it's borders recognized and protected by the US and Russia. It is rather clear the an agreement wr
by robert_foss 5y ago
So Ukraine agreed to denuclearization in exchange for having it's borders recognized and protected by the US and Russia.
It is rather clear the an agreement written by the US is not worth the paper ot os written on.
Iran learned this about denuclearization. Ukraine learned it in 2014.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoUnless the US Congress passes a treaty with 2/3 vote, yeah it's pretty much useless when a different party president enters the scene. Then again Russia has shown it will not abide by any agreements under the same dictator it has had for 20 years.
- robert_foss 5y agoThe internal workings of the US is not relevant to the signing of any of the treaties. It may affect if the US chooses to uphold it's obligations, but the Budapest memorandum[1] was certainly signed by the US. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit...