☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World NewsEnglish · 1 year agoSeveral officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkSeveral officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union.www.nytimes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World NewsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
minus-squaredavellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoWould keeping their nukes have prevented US-backed coups in 2004 and 2014? If not, then it’s for the best that they gave them up before the Banderites took power.
minus-squareMarxMadnesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoMaybe? Whether a country has nukes it could use to retaliate has to be part of the “should we coup/color revolution this country?” calculus.
minus-squaredavellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoOne might argue that we couped the entire Warsaw Pact.
minus-squareREEEEvolutionlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoNothing to argue, this is what happened. Literally all former warsaw treaty countries, sans Belorussia, had western backed coups.
Would keeping their nukes have prevented US-backed coups in 2004 and 2014? If not, then it’s for the best that they gave them up before the Banderites took power.
very good point; mevermind
Maybe? Whether a country has nukes it could use to retaliate has to be part of the “should we coup/color revolution this country?” calculus.
One might argue that we couped the entire Warsaw Pact.
Nothing to argue, this is what happened. Literally all former warsaw treaty countries, sans Belorussia, had western backed coups.