The Finest Speech on Money Ever Made - Ayn Rand Was A Brilliant Mind!!

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A perfect example for a country in todays world would be the Ukraine. What if Ukraine had held on to a few of their Soviet nukes?

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When the Soviet Union dissolved, Ukraine became the third-largest nuclear weapons power in the world behind the United States and Russia. Ukraine’s 1,900 strategic warheads were distributed among ICBMs, strategic bombers, and air-launched cruise and air-to-surface missiles. Although Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk signed the Lisbon Protocol on May 23, 1992, Ukraine’s process of disarmament was filled with political obstacles. Many Ukrainian officials viewed Russia as a threat and argued that they should keep nuclear weapons in order to deter any possible encroachment from their eastern neighbor. Although the government never gained operational control over the weapons, it declared “administrative control” in June 1992, and claimed in 1993 ownership of the warheads, citing the potential of the plutonium and highly enriched uranium they contained for creating peaceful energy.

A resolution passed by the Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, on Nov. 18, 1993, attached conditions to its ratification of START that Russia and the United States deemed unacceptable. Those stated that Ukraine would only dismantle 36 percent of its delivery vehicles and 42 percent of its warheads; all others would remain under Ukrainian custody. Moreover, the resolution made those reductions contingent upon assurances from Russia and the United States to never use nuclear weapons against Ukraine (referred to as “security assurances”), along with foreign aid to pay for dismantlement.

In response, the Clinton and Yeltsin administrations intensified negotiations with Kyiv, eventually producing the Trilateral Statement, which was signed on Jan. 14, 1994. This agreement placated Ukrainian concerns by allowing Ukraine to cooperate in the transfer of the weapons to Russia, which would take place over a maximum period of seven years. The agreement further called for the transferred warheads to be dismantled and the highly enriched uranium they contained to be downblended into low-enriched uranium. Some of that material would then be transferred back to Ukraine for use as nuclear reactor fuel. Meanwhile, the United States would give Ukraine economic and technical aid to cover its dismantlement costs. Finally, the United States and Russia responded to Ukraine’s security concerns by agreeing to provide security assurances upon its NPT accession.

In turn, the Rada ratified START, implicitly endorsing the Trilateral Statement. However, it did not submit its instrument of accession to the NPT until Dec. 5, 1994, when Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States provided security assurances to Ukraine. That decision by the Rada met the final condition for Russia’s ratification of START and therefore subsequently brought that treaty into force

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They made the mistake of trusting Russia and the United States.

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They made the mistake of trusting Russia and the United States.

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They made the mistake of trusting the United States.

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not surprised she knows so much about money

So Bill Clinton marshaled the transfer of Soviet era nukes from Ukraine to Russia, and now Dems like Clinton want us to bleed and die to protect Ukraine from getting smashed by Russia?

Awesome. Keep voting Dem. We’re almost there!!!!!

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They made the mistake of trusting the United States.

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It wasn't a mistake to trust the nation that invaded it?

Those who DV are either too dull to understand the concept or they know, but are too cowardly to face the facts.

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Money is the ROOT of all EVIL is a horrible myth.

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Maybe one of the most misquoted verses in the Bible. The verse actually says "the love of money..."

It is a false premise on the same order a blaming "guns" for crimes.. There is no agency in either money or guns.. And until you begin to understand the root of any given problem, not only will you not arrive at a solution, you will more than likely make the problem worse..

It was worth saying twice.

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It wasn't a mistake to trust the nation that invaded it?

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If you are referring to present day Ukraine, you seem to be overlooking some information. The CIA performed a color revolution to over throw the sitting president who was in the middle of working out an economic partnership with Russia. US didn't want that, they wanted them in the EU. Zelensky was installed. CIA built 12 secret bases (NYT article on this), bio labs(Nuland admitted to congress), and conducted shadow operations against Russia from those bases. CIA blew up nordstream to prevent Germany from having options for heating and possibly even remove it as an option for leverage of Russia over Germany/EU. Navalny was being used by CIA/MI6 to sow discord in Russia. The US had some rich dudes and the UK had some rich dudes in the energy sector that then moved in and took over energy operations of a company (can't remember name) and now make good money from that contract.

So, not sure the issue is that someone mistakenly trusted Russia. Russia was protecting itself from the US/CIA.

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The rare defensive invasion. That has some big "Why are making me hit you" energy there.

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So what you’re saying is that if Russia did same in Mexico, we’d have to sit back a respect Mexico's wishes despite the clear and present danger of enemy operations on the US border?

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So it had nothing to do with Yanukovych rejecting the overwhelmingly supported EU trade agreement that he called for while running for President?

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And that calls for overthrowing the govt when outsiders don’t get what they want? Sounds pretty authoritarian.