Nuclear disarmament needs to be a condition for ending sanctions

[ck4829]

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[ColinC]

1. And then we can easily just invade him and overthrow his government.

Doubt Putin will go for that. Then again, how long is he willing to let his people starve to death?

[Sherman A1]

2. Nice thought, but rather unlikely to be realistic

I would like to see all nuclear weapons eliminated, but just don't see it happening.

[ck4829]

4. Well then... sanctions will outlive Putin and his successor

[Sherman A1]

7. I'm all for that

and expect the Russian economy to suffer for decades following this invasion. I suspect few will be in a big hurry to start doing business with the Russians again anytime soon and it looks like the energy sector may finally be moving further away from the fossil fuels that put so much cash into the hands of Putin and his playmates.

[sarisataka]

3. And a Russian Unicorn

[Hoyt]

5. Like we are going to give our nukes up.

[Shermann]

6. What Putin needs is an exit ramp which limits his political damage

Forced nuclear disarmament is the opposite of that.

[Disaffected]

8. Nice ideal but it will never happen.

Russia would never agree because without the nuclear threat it wields (as in now) against the west, they would get their asses wumped in any wider conflict. Example now in Ukraine - NATO v reluctant to get more involved mainly because of the threat of nuclear Armageddon.

As well, I don't believe any nuclear nation would give up all their weapons in any case - a few at least are always necessary as insurance against some rouge nation secretly redeploying nuclear weapons and using them to threaten or attack others.

[ck4829]

9. Except the rogue nation has them *now*, is threatening others with them *now*

I can't look at "rogue state" and see Russia being anything but fitting that description perfectly. *chef's kiss* perfect.

There is no such thing as a national actor that is immune from becoming a rogue state in and of itself. We are seeing this happen in real-time.

[Disaffected]

11. Yabut

what I'm referring to is the situation where all nations dispose of their nukes and said "rouge" secretly redeploys them from scratch or maybe digs up a few they hid in contravention to previous disarmament agreements.

[ck4829]

13. I dunno, sounds like a distinction without a difference

World is still being held hostage by a rogue state.

[Disaffected]

14. Indeed it is but

the context here is nuclear disarmament which was the subject of the OP.

[Emrys]

10. If a nation is so rogue that its leader's immediate threat to use them is entirely credible,

then they self-evidently have no deterrent effect and may as well be abolished.

[Disaffected]

12. Huh??