So many regrets from Ol’ Bill. “‘F’only Ah couldawouldashoulda…”’🙄
Well, at least the POS admits he’s into wholesale killing as well as wholesale rape.
He should feel “terrible” but I doubt in fact he feels anything at all about it. Filthy old psychopath.
Ukraine government are and were idiots.
You NEVER give your weapons when you are innocent.
Everybody has a right to protect themselves!
Anybody that listened to Bill Clinton was an idiot.
I have no love nor would I protect the Americans that elected him.
What nonsense Ukraine never had nuclear weapons.
The weapons in ukraine were Soviet and were always under Russian
Control.
They were never under Ukrainian control.
Clinton’s a lying sack of turd as always
If Ukraine had nukes, this war would have started a long time ago.
He should also feel like crap for inflicting his grody wife on the country and the world.
What about assurances that NATO wouldn’t go any farther east, towards Russia? Oops
Turn a nut and it will not explode.
Pour a can of Coke into it and it will have to be remanufactured.
Try to seize a bomb and you’d see your whole Ukraine seized.
Psychopaths only feign remorse after they have been caught doing something dishonest.
This is Clinton BS
The Ukraine was a major part of the Russian USSR
Ukraine was granted independence from Russia and one of the conditions was that it give up the Russian nuclear weapons- many of which were destroyed
This was one of Clinton’s few and perhaps his only foreign policy wins.
Nuclear war with one of the nuclear capable states of the USSR was a huge issue
There is no scenario where Ukraine was going to leave the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons.
After the fall of Soviet Union, one of Western leaders main concerns was the nuclear capability of former Soviet states. They were afraid that those nuclear and other weapons fell into rough countries hand, or even worse, terrorists.
They considered Moscow to be too weak to attack anyone. They might be right at that point, but not for long... It took exactly two decades before Russian invaded Crimea.
Bill Clinton admits regret for having Ukraine give up nuclear weapons
Prior to Clinton ever becoming president in 1993, Ukraine had already bound itself to "adhere to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of July 1, 1968 as non-nuclear weapon states Parties in the shortest possible time."
As Ukraine acted as usual and did not do what it promised to do, while promising to do it, the United States and Russia joined together in refusing to welcome Ukraine into the international community. Ukraine never owned any nukes. The nukes were made in Russia, heir to the nukes of the USSR. The warheads were not made in Ukraine. Ukraine could not maintain the nukes, and the codes were held by Russia. The United States and Russia were partners on de-nuking Ukraine as the nuke warheads were on Russian missiles targeted at the United States. Then as later, Ukraine was an unstable state. As was stated at the time, nobody want another Yugoslavia with nukes.
Then-President Leonid Kravchuk was quoted as saying, "It would have been too expensive for Ukraine to manufacture and maintain them on its own. It would have cost us $65 billion (53 billion euros), and the state coffers were empty,"
Prior to the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine (and Belarus and Kazakhstan) had already bound itself to the Lisbon Accords of May 23, 1992 which contained the following text and attachment:
ARTICLE VThe Republic of Byelarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine shall adhere to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of July 1, 1968 as non-nuclear weapon states Parties in the shortest possible time, and shall begin immediately to take all necessary action to this end in accordance with their constitutional practices.
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE
May 7, 1992
KievDear Mr. President:
In connection with the ratification by Ukraine of the 1991 Treaty between the United States and the USSR on the Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms, I have the honor to advise you that Ukraine, in implementing this Treaty, shall assume the following obligations.
In accordance with the Declaration on the State Sovereignty of Ukraine adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on July 16, 1990, and with the Statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Non-Nuclear Status of Ukraine adopted on October 24, 1991, Ukraine shall have a non-nuclear status, will abide by the three non-nuclear principles in the future, and emphasizes its right to control over the non-use of nuclear weapons deployed in its territory.
Ukraine shall guarantee the elimination of all nuclear weapons, including strategic offensive arms, located in its territory in accordance with the relevant agreements and during the seven-year period as provided by the START Treaty and within the context of the Statement of the Non-Nuclear Status of Ukraine. Ukraine will take into account its national security interests in conducting this activity. In this connection, if any questions should arise Ukraine will consult with the other Parties to the Treaty.
In addition, I should like to note that the process of elimination of nuclear weapons in Ukraine should be carried out under reliable international control which should guarantee the non-use of nuclear charge components for repeated production of weapons and should prevent their export to other countries.
Respectfully,
/s/
Leonid Kravchuk
President of UkraineHis Excellency George Bush
President of the United States of America
Washington, D. C.
The Clintons sold our uranium to Russia during the obama occupation.
Hate to admit it, but old Bill Clinton is 100% correct. It was a fatal mistake.
Clinton, you big dummy.
The presidency went down hill after REagan, hitting rock bottom with Obama. All of them were do nothing, know nothing. Stupid.
Trump has reset the bar, higher than ever.
Next president and the ones after will be mighty men or women.
Anyone in his cabinet would be better than Clinton, Bush, Obama etc.
Trump is relentless. He tires me out. He is fearless.
He is a true Leader as were our best presidents.
The wandering American liberals think he’s a dictator.
In a sense he is dictating what we need.
All the rest of these jerks, went with the wind, and kept us all out of the loop.
We’re watching history unfold everyday.
Ol’ Slick does not like to discuss his trips to Russia as a young one. His wife was certainly a communist sympathizer. So ......
Go Figger!!