I’m glad our people are thinking ahead, and realizing the need for a missile to deal with China. But it would be refreshing to see our government be honest for just once, just to see how it works out. Instead of concocting their cover story on why they were getting out of the treaty, they should have just said a treaty designed for the Cold War era in Europe doesn’t make sounds for our needs with China, so we’re getting out of it. Simple, easy peasy, no need to pretend someone else is violating it for us to pursue a new National interest from the one of the late 80s.
“no need to pretend someone else is violating it”
The Russians were violating it big time.
Hang in there.
The reason we got out is because China and Russia were developing them. Thank heaven we didn’t wait until now to develop them.
Can you imagine them having them, and us still on the starting blocks?
I’m on our side. We can’t simply blindly follow old treaties nobody else is following.
Trump made that very clear at the time he withdrew from the treaty.
Good for him.
If we had Obama in there now, Russia and China would have these weapons and we wouldn’t for years down the road.
The Russians were clearly violating for many years and the NATO members all agreed.
They simply played into our hands vis a vis China.