Biden Has Betrayed Ukraine — and Us
An SS-18 "Satan" intercontinental ballistic missile rests on its side at the Strategic Missile Forces Museum in Pobuzke, Ukraine. The country created the museum after the country agreed to give up its nuclear weapons stockpile in exchange for security guarantees following the fall of the Soviet Union. (Dreamstime)
By Michael Dorstewitz
Friday, 25 February 2022 09:42 AM
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In a single week, President Joe Biden managed to betray two countries — Ukraine and the United States. And the week isn’t over.
Twenty-eight years ago, the United States entered into an agreement with the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom, which became known as the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.
The agreement provided that in recognition of the end to the Cold War, and in return for the new independent state of Ukraine relinquishing all its nuclear weapons, the countries would:
1. Respect the sovereignty and borders of Ukraine
2. Refrain from the threat or use of force against Ukraine
3. Refrain from the use of economic coercion against Ukraine
4. The parties would seek assistance from the U.N. Security Council if Ukraine were threatened with nuclear weapons
5. Refrain from using nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear country
6. Finally, they agreed to consult with one another if a question arose about the agreement
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