https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/21/politics/us-open-skies-arms-control-treaty/index.html
President Donald Trump confirmed the US will be exiting the Open Skies Treaty,
a pact designed to reduce the risk of military miscalculations that
could lead to war, and said Russia's actions had prompted him to take
the decision.
"Russia
didn't adhere to the treaty, so until they adhere, we will pull out,"
Trump told reporters outside the White House Thursday.
Former President Ronald Reagan's
secretary of state, George Shultz, former President George H.W. Bush's
secretary of defense William Perry, and former Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn
-- who together with Henry Kissinger formed the Nuclear Security Project
-- wrote the administration in March to urge they keep the Open Skies
Treaty.
Should Trump rather do what the Russians are doing, insist on upholding the treaty while openly cheating on its provisions?
ReplyDeleteOh man. He comes down hard on the Russian leader and he gets smashed. What's the opposite of to collude? Baffle, frustrate, defeat? Is that bad?
ReplyDeleteit seems clear many think it serves our interests
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