Euronews: NATO 'preparing' for a world where nuclear arms treaty doesn't exist
NATO has warned that European countries may have to face living in a new reality following the scrapping of the long-standing nuclear treaty between Russia and the United States.
In the latest chapter of the war of words over the treaty, the alliance's Secretary General said despite the dismantling of the agreement, NATO's commitment to shared defence remained strong.
Speaking at a Brussels commemoration event for the September 11 attacks, Jens Stoltenberg said Europe needs to prepare for a world where Russia could place nuclear-capable missiles on its doorstep.
"What we are doing in NATO now is that we are adapting to a world without the INF Treaty, with more Russian missiles," he said.
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WNU Editor: For almost 80 years we have lived in a world where nuclear proliferation and nuclear arms races were a real fear. I certainly see this scenario continuing for the next 80 years and beyond.
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Truthfully I never really expected anyone with the exception of America and possibly the so called "west" to actually honor such "treaties" anyway. With the constant and often hostile scrutiny that the United States faces it would have little choice but to honor any such treaties unless the violations were simply to egregious to ignore by the other side which would be very seldom as the other side could always claim compliance and their claims would generally be taken at face value. When faced with a prospect that America has to comply, they don't, and combined with the extreme power of nuclear weapons over time the temptation to violate the treaty would simply become to great for America's adversaries and potential adversaries.
As such, it is probably best to not waste time on such treaties and to treat them as though they don't exist which they really don't. Once faced with reality, we can then develop the type of nuclear deterrent we actually need. As to what we "need" could be a matter of debate that reasonable people can and will disagree on. I think western Europe and former Soviet Republics should take the lead on their defense. I do not think the current situation that places such a burden on the United States for this is sustainable.
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