Sergei Fedyunin / TASS
Moscow Times: U.S. Ignored Russia’s Nuclear War Prevention Pact – Reports
Russia sent the United States a draft joint declaration on how to prevent nuclear war, only to never hear back from Washington, the Kommersant business daily reported on Friday.
The U.S. and Russia are suspending the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty this summer. The only U.S.-Russia arms control pact limiting deployed nuclear weapons — the New START — expires in February 2021.
“Nuclear war cannot be won and it must never be unleashed,” Kommersant quoted Russia’s draft joint declaration, which was sent to the U.S. in October 2018, as stating.
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WNU Editor: This lack of at least talking to each other is disturbing. Even during the height of the Cold War both sides were talking on how to prevent nuclear war. Today .... both sides are only talking to themselves.
5 comments:
Maybe they're not talking because someone would get accused of Russian collusion if they did...
Biggest winner of a limited nuclear confrontation between Russia and the US wiuls be China. In fact, the earlier such an exchange stops the better for them. Just a handful of nukes detonating is all the Chinese need to take over the world while Russia and US are busy rebuilding. It must be tempting for China to see Russia and the US fighting each other
True dat both Anons.
No considreations of any sort bothered Trump when he met in private with Putin, then made sure to destroy the notes of their meeting, so it is hardly likely that he worries about being accused of Russian collusion. Try another tack
"Maybe they're not talking because someone would get accused of Russian collusion if they did..."
Exactly
Plus if the russians are not being earnest, why show up just to look good? That is what a diplomat usually does so as to not offend anyone, but such a way of doing things gives status /respect to people, who deserve neither.
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