FP: Trump Pulls out of INF Treaty

[Dill]

(02-04-2019, 05:34 PM)Benton Wrote: Trumps in a military pickle.

He said he'd win the wars in the ME in months. He didn't, but we're supposedly drawing down anyway. He said he'd defeat isis in months. He didn't, but claimed we did anyway.

So, now he's got the issue of a huge defense spending with a public that thought we were done fighting finally. Putin gave him an out. Back out of the treaty, the both countries get to spend spend spend.

I'm wondering what kind of ripple effect this will have outside the US, especially in terms of an arms race.   Trump is doing his best to squeeze and provoke a still-treaty-compliant Iran, while denying aid to the Palestinian Authority, while attempting to pull out of Syria and Afghanistan, while trying to strongarm China into a trade deal. So many moving parts here--while we are all looking at the wall.