Poland’s president wants the US to base some of their nuclear weapons on Polish soil, to deter Russia.
Do you think this would be a good move?
the entire PiS security strategy is to be the most loyal lapdog of americans. this is why it’s physically impossible to stop PiS top reps from gorging republucan balls, current MFA even got covertly recorded saying just that 10 years ago
no, fuck that, french/british nukes and domestic conventional weapons will have to do
I don’t know, isn’t Russia and the US the same thing now?
No it would be a stupid move. French Nukes would be smarter
How about Polish nukes on Polish soil? Trump is sooner going to launch a nuke at Warsaw then his buddy Putin in Moscow.
It would be cool if European countries joined together to make a European nuclear force (starting with French and British nukes I guess, and then they can pool money to fund further weapons development).
Maybe this will happen in the future, but it might be a while until then.
there’s a little treaty about it called NNPT
but as we all know by now,
That’s a big [citation needed]. Trump is a narcissist, a would-be legacy builder, and he’s enormously jealous that Obama (unjustifiedly) got the Nobel peace prize. He wants that thing too. The unfortunate bit is that Trump does not understand human rights or modernity or synergstic relationships. The other thing is that Trump is a bully and a coward.
What I’d buy is that Trump would not defend Poland in the slightest and just move US troops in Europe back to the US, especially in the face of a Russian attack.
Outgoing and absent polish president is trying to stay relevant by trying to get into good graces with more successful far right politicians. JD Vance already laughed this proposal off.
The only way for Poland to have a chance at obtaining nuclear deterrence is cooperating with other countries bordering Russia that have strong interest in a program that’s independent from US or Western Europe which is disinterested because they can afford to be. Nordic+Baltic+Poland+Ukraine alliance is the only safe way to move forward. Nordics might not like more authoritarian turns in Poland and Ukraine but they can treat us like they treat Turkey - a necessary evil that provides army with the meat.
Ukraine and Isreal examples show the world why nuclear deterrence works and we don’t have a choice.
