Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "Kremlin Not Happy With Tucker Carlson Interview" video.
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@Julei_ Hello Julei, Thank you for your reply.
I live in Australia and am just becoming familiar with the US system of government to a point where I can offer comments in support both for Ukraine and, as it appears, support for people in the US and the US economy.
I understand that the $US value of military hardware is the current depreciated and written down "book value" of the military vehicles and munitions being sent to Ukraine, some of which is close to its "use by date". It still seems, due to deliberate propaganda and dis-information, that many people believe "suit cases of $US are being sent to Ukraine", which could not be further from the truth.
It is my understanding that the financial $US "book value" of the hardware and equipment that is being sent to Ukraine is instead appropriated and used for the purchase and production of new major weapon systems funded in the FY 2024 President's Budget, {FY2024_Weapons.pdf} organized by Mission Area Categories.
This development and production, in the US, of new updated hardware in the form of vehicles, including tanks and APCs, artillery, planes, ships and ammunition is undoubtedly included in purchase orders placed with companies, many of which will be in the regions where Republican party members have constituents.
Those members of government who are opposing the transfer of hardware to Ukraine are penalising there own constituents, and the constituents of other elected members, by delaying the purchase and production of that new military hardware and equipment in the US.
Despite the fact that we would prefer not to see Ukraine having to defend themselves against Russian forces, by sending older hardware and equipment to Ukraine, it is being used for the purpose for which it was intended. In addition, there is no cost associated with the dismantling and destruction of obselete hardware and munitions if they remained in the US. A significant cost saving to the US government and therefore, the population.
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Budapest Memorandum (1994) the US and UK, AND RUSSIA agreed to security assurances to Ukraine, should they be attacked by any other country. The statement "if Russia invaded." was never included nor directly im[plied in the Budapest Memorandum documents.
Ukraine: The Budapest Memorandum of 1994
The following is the text of the Memorandum on Security Assurances, known as the Budapest Memorandum, in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed Dec. 5, 1994.
The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Welcoming the accession of Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as a nonnuclear-weapon State,
Taking into account the commitment of Ukraine to eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory within a
specified period of time,
Noting the changes in the world-wide security situation, including the end of the Cold War, which have brought about conditions for deep reductions in nuclear forces.
Confirm the following:
1. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the CSCE [Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe] Final Act, to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine.
2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
3. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act, to refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.
4. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon State Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used.
5. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm, in the case of the Ukraine, their commitment not to use nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear-weapon State Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state.
6.The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will consult in the event a situation arises which raises a question concerning these commitments.
This Memorandum will become applicable upon signature.
Signed in four copies having equal validity in the
English, Russian and Ukrainian languages.
There were separate Memoranda prepared and signed for Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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