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Which threats and treaties, specifically? I don't have a great memory - so please share actual sources. Also, are you aware of this?: https://www.armscontrol.o
by cpursley 3y ago
Which threats and treaties, specifically? I don't have a great memory - so please share actual sources.
Also, are you aware of this?: https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-09/news/us-completes-inf-treaty-withdrawal https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-09/news/us-completes-in...
- computerfriend 3y agoFor some speculative context: this is because of the "pivot to Asia" as the US does not have a strategic arms reduction treaty with China and is not intended to escalate the arms race with Russia (although that might be a side-effect).
- jojobas 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum As for INF, US withdrawal was a response to Russia testing infringing missiles first.
- cpursley 3y agoMaybe, but US pulled out first: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691521600/russia-pulls-out-of-inf-treaty-in-response-to-u-s-move https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691521600/russia-pulls-out-of...
- stracer 3y agoPulling out of treaty is not as treacherous as claiming obeying the treaty, and not obeying it.
- TheOtherHobbes 3y agoHere are a few. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3503924-president-zelensky-russia-violated-about-400-international-treaties-since-2014.html https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3503924-president-...
- cpursley 3y agoThat is not an unbiased primary source in the slightest.
- hexxagone 3y agoIs BFMTV also biased when reporting words directly from the mouth of Piotr Tolstoi or are you just trolling ?
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- cpursley 3y agoIf people are claiming that a country is threatening nuclear war, they damn well better be able to back it up with something more than narrative-shaping sound bytes.
- glompers 3y agoHere's one. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum