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To: Mariner

if the agreement has already been voided by Russia, what is the point


130 posted on 11/26/2014 11:42:51 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL
"if the agreement has already been voided by Russia, what is the point"

You may contend they have "voided" the agreement, but I see no evidence they have VIOLATED it.

Their part of the bargain was also to remove nukes, heavy equipment and RUSSIAN/foreign troops from the old Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. They have done so and not returned.

In deference to what I THINK you may alluding to...the Russian aggression in Ukraine in contravention of the Budapest Agreements.

And there's no doubt Russia is in full violation.

Does that mean we should abandon a treaty that reunited Germany and freed the rest of the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe?

Is it worth the risk of a future Russia landing a dozen nukes in Eastern Europe...no matter how unlikely the risk may be?

I say honor the Two plus Four agreement and still beat them. That way some crazy General doesn't have an excuse to go off his meds and break something.

And, I don't think it serves US interests well to poke the Bear with a stick just because we think we can.

132 posted on 11/26/2014 12:00:21 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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