U.S. Suspends Nuclear Treaty with Russia

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/01/u-s-suspends-nuclear-treaty-with-russia/

U.S. Suspends Nuclear Treaty with Russia
February 1, 2019 at 8:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard

“The United States is suspending one of the last major nuclear arms control treaties with Russia after heated conversations between the two powers recently failed to resolve a long-running accusation that Moscow is violating the Reagan-era treaty,” the New York Times reports.

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the decision on Friday as the Trump administration maintained that the Russian government has been unwilling to admit that a missile it has deployed near European borders violates the terms of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Mr. Pompeo and his deputies have insisted that Moscow destroy the missile.”

Washington Post: “The demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty raises fears of a new nuclear arms race, although U.S. officials discount the risk.”

[C_U_L8R]

1. Putin gets an early Valentine

How do Republicans look at themselves in the mirror? This is wholesale betrayal and capitulation to Russia.

[bearsfootball516]

2. Hooooo boy.

What an awful decision. Makes absolutely no sense.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. I'm feeling safer by the minute.................

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. This is just an excuse for another summit.

Watch one be announced within the month.

[Blue_Tires]

5. I'm old enough to remember Leftbros calling Donnie a "Peace Candidate"