INF Nightmare

The US regime, reeling from failure after failure, is considering withdrawing from the INF Treaty that was signed with the Soviet Union in 1987, over 30 years ago.
 
This agreement limited the manufacture and deployment of nuclear medium-range ballistic missiles, and other such systems.

The INF agreement served as a bedrock of nuclear arms control. It was a benefit to the US especially, since the Soviet Union at the time was ahead in the manufacture of medium-range missiles and their deployment.

Since that time, the US has unilaterally withdrawn from the ABM treaty in order to build the anti-missile shield on Russia’s border, expanded NATO multiple times, and has been stationing troops in E. European countries.

The US has has blamed Russia for ‘violating’ the treaty as an excuse to withdraw from it. But like with other recent anti-Russian accusations, the US has failed to show any specific evidence of these ‘violations.’
 
But this is a lame excuse, as the US has been building its missile defense system around Russia for years, which can be easily and quickly converted into a nuclear cruise missile launching system. The US has also been planning the development of newer nuclear weapons for some years, even during the Obama regime.

Also, China is not a party to the treaty, and the US wants to force it into a new agreement.

But let there be no doubt. Any US demands for a new INF treaty has nothing to do with nuclear disarmament and peace. It is primarily about two things.

These are:

1. To weaken and disarm adversaries like Russia, China and others. Russia and China have missiles which can neutralize US forces from long distances. China has both medium-range missiles, and missiles capable of taking out ships at 4,000km away or farther. This capability prevents US aircraft carriers from coming close enough to enable airstrikes by fighter jets in the event of a conflict.

2. To scare its client states into spending more money on US-made weaponry in order to shore up the sagging US economy. The US military-industrial complex also stands to make billions off the development and manufacture of new nuclear missiles.

So this is not a sudden reaction by the US driven by concerns about peace and law-breaking.

It is a dishonest and cynical ploy by the US to get others to give up their deterrents, so the US can confront them with very little or no losses.

But it’s not hard to see through this US deceit, and neither Russia and China will budge.

What will end up happening is that the US will leave the INF, Russia will quickly start producing medium-range missiles quicker than the US can, and once again the US will whine about the ‘Russian threat.’

The best thing that can happen now is for US client states to muster enough courage to prohibit any deployment of US nuclear weapons in Europe. They can’t whine and cry about US withdrawing from the treaty and endangering European security, and allow these weapons to be deployed.

This situation will show the world what Europe’s priorities are. Is Europe’s priority peace, or self-destruction?

Neither the US, NATO, or any European country has any means of successfully countering Russian missiles. They all know that this is a fact.

Let the west’s deluded demagogues ponder on that.