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Trump's Flagrant Betrayal of Ukraine Is an Outrage (www.realclearpolitics.com)
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The president's outright betrayal of Ukraine shows the U.S. is in a precarious position

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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

We signed an agreement with Russia and Ukraine, promising Ukraine military defence in exchange for them giving up their nukes. Russia also promised to never attack Ukraine. We made an agreement that we're morally obligated to follow.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Nope. The Budapest memorandum does not promise military defense in any way. The closest that it promises to military defense is that the US (and all other parties to the agreement) is required to submit a report to the UN security council if Ukraine gets nuked.

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