Today in 1987, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the first to ever require verifiable elimination of an entire class of weapons (missiles only, not nuclear warheads). Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from this treaty on August 2, 2019. - ThreadSky

atomicanalyst.bsky.social • 199 days ago

Today in 1987, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the first to ever require verifiable elimination of an entire class of weapons (missiles only, not nuclear warheads). Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from this treaty on August 2, 2019.

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sandrahere.bsky.social•198 days ago

Trump the dangerous, moronic autocrat has been wanting a nuclear showdown for a very long time and what better way to do that starting with him unilaterally withdrawing from the INF Treaty?
He has and still is a clear and present danger to our national security.

kaceec.bsky.social•199 days ago

Of course, he did. Moron.

lightvessel.bsky.social•199 days ago

All those folk who go about saying Trump makes the world a safer place…

nlcoombe.bsky.social•199 days ago

FFS

nekoraxvimpe.com•199 days ago

Trump's actions weakened NATO and Ukraine's defenses, aligning perfectly with Putin's expansion plans. The timing and pattern of decisions suggest coordination, with Trump serving as Putin's willing asset against Western interests.

yvetaina.bsky.social•199 days ago

Felon criminal donald hasn't changed.

profsjw.bsky.social•199 days ago

Also a reminder of what a great newspaper the NYT was. Was. Not anymore.

brunopara.bsky.social•199 days ago

to be fair the Russians had already breached it by developing several new missiles.

terry-157.bsky.social•197 days ago

That is what I remember too.

richgraham.bsky.social•199 days ago

democrats called us hamas and said they want to make it legal to kill us. Im a 'rest in peace' activist now

wnpchaz.bsky.social•199 days ago

I never thought anybody could be worse than Reagan but alas I was wrong

atomicanalyst.bsky.social•199 days ago

Less than three years later, 2,692 US and Soviet intermediate-range nuclear missiles had been verifiably destroyed.

atomicanalyst.bsky.social•199 days ago

This bronze sculpture, titled “Good Defeats Evil,” commemorates the signing of the INF Treaty and sits in a garden outside United Nations headquarters in New York City. It was created by Soviet/Georgian painter and sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, and was presented to the United Nations in 1990.

campergirlme.bsky.social•197 days ago

Pretty spectacular. I've never seen it (only been to NYC a couple of times) - if and when I visit again, I'll go view it in person. Such significant action.

atomicanalyst.bsky.social•199 days ago

In the sculpture, a human being on horseback slays a dragon (as in the allegory of St. George and the Dragon). But here, the dragon—representing nuclear war—lies amidst pieces of actual SS-20 and Pershing II intermediate-range ballistic missiles, which were destroyed under the INF Treaty.

atomicanalyst.bsky.social•199 days ago

For more on the negotiating history of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty—including its unprecedented, trust-building, on-site verification system—and missed opportunities to make further cuts, see this remarkable collection of declassified documents from @nsarchive.bsky.social.

fk-mangomoron.bsky.social•199 days ago

#mangomoron isn't the brightest blub

pfhjvb0.bsky.social•199 days ago

He withdrew because Putin wanted more latitude, and what better way than to get his boy Trump to scuttle it for him

frtjek.bsky.social•199 days ago

very specific treaty to nullify. No way that Putin directed drumpf to do such a thing.

ntatejefe.bsky.social•199 days ago

Seems bad. Do we know if the US has plans to start making the missiles again? Is Putin’s Russia or was it ever observing the USSR treaty?

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