To induce Ukraine to give up the nuclear weapons inherited on the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the U.S., Great Britain and Russia agreed to provide assurances. If Washington were to allow Russia to gobble up the rest of Ukraine, it would tell non-nuclear states they must have nuclear arsenals because they cannot rely on the nuclear weapons powers for security. [More]
What a mess "world leaders" put everyone in.
[Via Agustin B]
But it wasn't enough for some to have Ukraine divest itself of the considerable stockpile of Soviet nuclear weapons and lauchers. The also convinced Ukraine to divest itself of a considerable stockpile of conventional arms, and then signed a treaty guaranteeing Ukraine's independence and integrity.
ReplyDeleteWho was instrumental in getting all of that done? Well, it was freshman Senator Barak Husein Obama (D-IL), that's who!
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/when-obama-left-ukraine-defenseless/
"Mind you, Obama did nearly nothing but run for president in his fleeting Senate years. Rendering Ukraine defenseless — in collaboration with then-senator Richard Lugar (R., Ind.), a pillar of Washington’s bipartisan consensus that it is weapons, not rogue regimes, that make the world a dangerous place — was the prodigy’s way of showing he was ready to direct U.S. foreign policy.
To repeat what I said at the time, “The American government official who was at the forefront of disarming Ukraine was none other than Senator Barack Obama."