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Originally Posted by Pete F.

The Budapest Memorandum \
The memorandum prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine,

Gee, maybe Biden didn't know about the Memorandum when he economically coerced Ukraine by threatening to withhold money promised to them.

Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence

And maybe poor pootie sees the destruction of Ukraine as, overall, a defensive move against the encroachment of NATO.

or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.

Bad move . . .