Revealed: The forgotten treaty which could drag the US and UK into WAR with Russia

[PeoViejo]

A treaty signed in 1994 by the US and Britain could pull both countries into a war to protect Ukraine if President Putin's troops cross into the country.

Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma – the then-rulers of the USA, UK, Russia and Ukraine - agreed to the The Budapest Memorandum as part of the denuclearization of former Soviet republics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Technically it means that if Russia has invaded Ukraine then it would be difficult for the US and Britain to avoid going to war.

The revelation comes as reports suggest the Kremlin was moving up to 2,000 troops across the Black Sea from Novorossiysk to their fleet base at Sevastopol.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570335/Former-British-Ambassador-Moscow-warns-Russia-invaded-Ukraine-difficult-avoid-going-war.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. You may find that wasn't actually a formal Treaty :

more a set of diplomatic promises not necessarily enforceable in law. Its a moral issue.

[Scootaloo]

3. Even if it were a treaty...

The US and UK have a... spotty record on those. Ask a Lakota or a Pole.

[RobertEarl]

2. Nah. Nothing to worry about. No war.

Fukushima? Now that is something to worry about.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Yes.

Amazing how focuses / foci change.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Nope. Not a treaty.

But thanks for playing.

[jsr]

6. Bollocks.

[bemildred]

7. Not worth a bucket of warm spit.