Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Why Ukraine Giving Up Nukes was a GOOD Idea" video.

Ukraine should have kept a reduced 165 nukes. The middle ground is better than the extremes at both ends. Budapest Memoriam is a failure.
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@serge4746 When the US exits the Budapest Memorandum, then it's is a compete failure along with all other US security assurances (weaker than NATO Article V level) with other countries and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. There's a high chance the US will exit the Budapest Memorandum under the GOP-controlled US presidency and congress.
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@missouriresole4726 Nope. South Korea previously flirted with the idea of developing nuclear weapons in the 1970s, when it ran a secret program. But when the United States found out, it issued an ultimatum. Seoul could carry on, or have the US defend it, with the full force of its existing nuclear arsenal. It picked US support, and to this day tens of thousands of US troops remain stationed on the Korean peninsula. US allies like Australia doesn't have NATO Article V level defense agreement with the US. Australia was tesring nukes in 1950s along with the UK partner. Similar setup for Taiwan and Japan. Budapest Memorandum's US security assurance offer and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty membership are not unique. The issue is US's GOP isolationist movement e.g. Trump's allowing US allies to have independent nukes and the US exit from related defense obligations. The problem is when US exits, other countries wouldn't have the R&D time to replace US nuclear security arrangements.
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