Moccus
Moccus t1_iwhpi1m wrote
Reply to comment by SmokeyUnicycle in Navy, Coast Guard stop ship with 180 tons of Iranian explosive materials by millennium-wisdom
Sucks that you're getting downvoted. You're completely correct.
The Budapest Memorandum isn't a very long agreement, either, so anybody here should have time to read it.
This is what the US, the UK, and Russia agreed to in the Budapest Memorandum:
- Respect Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and existing borders.
- Refrain from using force or threatening to use force against Ukraine except in self-defense or with the approval of the UN.
- Refrain from using economic coercion to undermine Ukraine's sovereignty.
- Seek assistance from the UN Security Council on Ukraine's behalf if anybody uses nukes or threatens to use nukes against Ukraine.
- Don't use nukes against Ukraine except in self-defense.
Nowhere is there any agreement to protect Ukraine, especially if they're only attacked in a conventional war. If they're attacked with nukes by Russia, then the US and the UK are supposed to go to the UN Security Council to ask for help, where Russia will promptly veto any proposed action, but that's the end of our obligations under the Budapest Memorandum.
Source: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf
Moccus t1_jcmai5t wrote
Reply to comment by New_Stats in SVB blames remote work for bank failure by Loud_Adagio2222
SVB wasn't invested in crypto. None of the banks that failed were invested in crypto. They were mostly heavily invested in US Treasury bonds, which in normal circumstances are one of the safest investments in the world.