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In reply to the discussion: 30 yrs ago today: Ukraine disarmed itself voluntarily in exchange for security assurances from US, Britain and Russia [View all]moniss
(6,456 posts)selling them off to the highest bidder. The threat to do so would have been very potent in a negotiation and any country would have been more than happy to have loads of weapons grade material if nothing else and scrap the rest. But that would not have been as lucrative as a country having their engineers go over the construction and technology etc. of the missiles as well as having the weapons grade material. I know it sounds mercenary but consider the facts known then and the facts realized now.
Even a casual student of world history from times of old all the way up through the bulk of the 20th century would easily conclude that international assurances of goals for independence or security of another country are the most fleeting of all. Ukraine listened to promises made by governments known to be notorious for not keeping their word, backstabbing each other and secretly working against agreements they've made. Hardly the sort of thing to entrust the future security of your country to.
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