9 August 2019|The Canary| Mohamed Elmaazi
The US withdrawal from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Russia has brought the world closer to nuclear war, say scientists. And while the evidence suggests that Russia has been violating the INF Treaty, a retired US military Colonel informed the author both US and Russia share the blame for end of this agreement – with Washington responsible for the greatest share.
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On 2 August, Donald Trump’s government officially withdrew from the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. US scientists warned that this decision would bring the world closer to a “doomsday scenario”. And now, former US colonel Lawrence Wilkerson has spoken exclusively to The Canary about how “illogical”, “idiotic” and “extremely dangerous” this turn of events is.
Wilkerson served in three separate Republican administrations – those of Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, and George W Bush. And he has spent nearly two decades working on national security issues within the military, government, and in civilian life.
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