In announcing both the Partnership for Peace plan and the trilateral agreement with the Ukraine and Russia, Clinton said, “we have taken two giant steps toward greater security for the United States.”
It would allay Russia’s fear of a hostile nuclear neighbour and answer concerns that Ukraine’s nuclear weapons could wind up in the hands of other countries.
The problem was, the memorandum signed in 1994 is not legally binding.
At the time Ukraine had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
Oh how times have changed.
This is my opinion.
