Posted on 02/28/2014 1:44:51 PM PST by george76
A treaty signed in 1994 by the US and Britain could pull both countries into a war to protect Ukraine if Putin's troops intervene.
The Budapest Memorandum was signed by Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma the then-rulers of the USA, UK, Russia and Ukraine - as part of the denuclearization of former Soviet republics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Technically it means that if Russia has invaded Ukraine then it would be difficult for the US and Britain to avoid going to war.
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the [Budapest] Memorandum is legally binding.'
It promises to protect Ukraine's borders, in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons.
Today Kiev has demanded the agreement is activated after insisting their borders had been violated.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well, We have of those in the white house cripple.
Ain't looking too good :(
As we saw with Egypt a little caution goes a long way. (Things are quietly heating up there again BTW)
He Put a Halt to a Dangerous Battleship Building Arms Race with the British in the early 20's.
Frankly now one saw the point anymore.
May I coin a new term? Peace through being Proactive.
If we would have diplomacy right, we wouldn't be here. Maybe Ukraine Being in NATO and us not having a HOMO PILL PUSHING PRESIDENT, than maybe Putin wouldn't feel as bold.
Yep when it comes to Russia we need tough diplomacy not tough talk from a chihuahua.
I have to wonder if the media doesn’t deserve a little blame in this from a psychological stand point. They spent two months attacking Russia because they were pissed about Putin not caving in to the gay lobby which pissed off Russians and emboldened Ukrainians.
Now the Leftist Progressives what the U.S. to use it's influence to spread Gayness and a crap ton other B.S. around the globe.
Maybe we should just stay out of each others business.
No One Wanted in our business in the 1830's :/
I think we should be a lot more concerned about the western hemisphere (And Israel of course). At some point Europe is going to have to fight their own battles.
The First World War.
There would have been wars but I’m not sure the second world war would have happened if we had stayed out of the first.
Ebb and flow. Ukraine has not always been Ukraine. Countries are in flux, and they need to come to a resolution. They will come to it sooner without our blood being involved.
cripplecreek is right. This is not 1939. There are nukes now. Does anyone seriously think we should risk a nuclear war for anything other than a direct attack on the US? This is nuts.
They never start big, do they?
If I were an enemy I couldn’t hope for a better time to draw the USA into a major war. Our military is worn out from a decade of wars we chose to fight to a standstill rather than win. They’ve been demoralized by a president who has attacked them through funding cuts, homosexualization and islamitization. Plus we’re flat broke and I’m not sure the Ukraine is in our interests.
The Russian Napoleon strategy was to draw him deeper and deeper in while letting Napoleon defeat himself.
Indeed... the treaty was done when the US had a Constitution to back it up.
Liberals...scream murder when a corporation accidentally has dirt in its meat but then looks for any reason to inflict AIDS on others in the name of privacy or freedom of speech or fighting in competing harms against involvement in some foreign conflict, for awareness reasons...
Not worth the paper it’s written upon. Captain Pink Lines wouldn’t stop Canada from invading the Dakotas.
Let Europe defend Victoria Nuland’s puppet government.
The Budapest Memorandum... promises to protect Ukraine's borders, in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons. Today Kiev has demanded the agreement is activated after insisting their borders had been violated.Like any other leftist (or muzzie), Putin doesn't give a damn about treaties.
The same folks that gave us the Dayton Accords. How did that work out for Yugoslavia?
It was a bad treaty. Anyone with half a brain knew eventually Russia would claim The Crimea. All they did was kick the can down the road.
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