Here are links that dwell on the legality of the "Budapest Memorandum" and
its force as an article of international law. And this is what came out of
traitor Kravchuk's pledge to hand over Ukraine's entire nuclear arsenal to
Russia? OBMAN!!!!
PI
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/03/1281753/-The-Budapest-Memorandum-is-not-a-treaty-for-crissake#
None of these facts apply to Ukraine, which is not a NATO member and has no
legal military alliance or defense pact with the United States of any kind.
The Budapest Memorandum carries nothing even close to the language that you
see above with respect to a real defense treaty. Therefore, the United
States is not obligated to defend Ukraine by any reading of American Law.
http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-explainer-budapest-memorandum/25280502.html
*What exactly is the "Budapest Memorandum"?*The "Budapest Memorandum on
Security Assurances" is a diplomatic memorandum that was signed in December
1994 by Ukraine, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
It is not a formal treaty, but rather, a diplomatic document under which
signatories made promises to each other as part of the denuclearization of
former Soviet republics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
http://www.rightwingnews.com/uncategorized/does-the-budapest-memorandum-treaty-signed-in-1994-commit-u-s-britain-to-defend-ukraine/
It appears that Russia is -- not shockingly in the slightest -- making some
aggressive military actions, but this Memorandum likely doesn't require
U.S. involvement. The question of whether we *should* interfere, of course,
is another question entirely. As is the question of whether Obama is
willing to do so if necessary.
According to rferl.org<http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-explainer-budapest-memorandum/25280502.html>,
the Budapest Memorandum is a diplomatic memorandum, not an official treaty.
Barry Kellman, a professor of law and director of the International Weapons
Control Center at DePaul University's College of Law, told the website that
the answers to questions about whether the agreement is binding are
"complex."
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