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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTom Nichols explains why Trump withdrawing from INF is a disaster
Tom Nichols is a Never Trump Republican with a background in national security.
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Okay, everyone, I'm going to explain why the INF Treaty even existed and why it's an idiotic move to dump it and think we can replicate our success against the USSR in the 1980s all over again. Mute or turn off notifications if you don't want this mini-lecture. /1
The problem centers around "extended deterrence." How do you convince your opponent you'll respond to an attack on your allies as you would an attack on yourself? You can *say* that you will treat invading Bonn like it's an invasion of New York, but how do you make it stick? /2
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Tom Nichols explains why Trump withdrawing from INF is a disaster (Original Post)
NewJeffCT
Feb 2019
OP
More circumstancial evidence that Trump, and leadership of the GOP, are Russian assets
Strelnikov_
Feb 2019
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NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)1. kicking for Sunday
Surprised this didn't get any replies and only one Rec
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)2. The Russians wanted out of the INF...
... but they wanted to blame the U.S. for it. Another gift to Putin.
After the INF was put into place, any sort of provocative action with nukes would have been deemed Russia's fault. Now, it's not.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)4. More circumstancial evidence that Trump, and leadership of the GOP, are Russian assets
Thanks for posting.
Basically a conventional NATO today is much stronger than Russia, and the INF play by their asset in the oval office is another move in the attempt to weaken/dissolve NATO.
Link below to related content from Oct.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/leaving-inf-treaty-gift-russia-34152
roamer65
(36,747 posts)5. Great opportunity for the EU to take its rightful place on the world stage.
It needs to become the Federal Republic of Europe.
Bundesrepublik Europa.
EX500rider
(10,858 posts)6. What's the point of staying in a treaty if the Russians cheat and the Chinese are not in it? n/t