How to roll back US forces in Europe. Rolland Dump.
Sun 4:40 pm +00:00, 2 Mar 2025- Beating Sisyphus to the punch – How to roll back US forces in Europe without rolling back NATO, without Ukraine.
- On December 17, 2021, the Russian Foreign Ministry proposed two treaties of non-aggression and mutual assured security to stop the US and NATO alliance’s road to war against Russia.
- Article 4 of the proposed treaty with NATO appeared to require the alliance to withdraw its territorial reach eastwards towards Russia to its borders at the cutoff date of May 27, 1997.
- An essay by Yevgeny Krutikov, published this week in Vzglyad, the Kremlin-funded security analysis platform, suggests senior officials at the Security Council believe in the possibility of arms withdrawal from the current battlefield and of military deconfliction with Russia – without attempting the impossible, the dismantling of the NATO membership to the 1997 cutoff.
- At its simplest, this would mean the withdrawal of American troops, long-range missiles and nuclear ordnance (bombs, missile warheads, targeting systems) to the lines of 1997. This would leave in place NATO security guarantees for the post-1997 member states and their territories, combined with Russian non-aggression guarantees.
- For now, threats to withdraw the United States from NATO should be regarded as deceitful and frivolous. However, events are developing at such a pace that everything seems possible.
- It is quite possible that the rumours about a return to the “basic settings” in Europe are just rumours. However, if you think about it, this is a desirable scenario not only for Russia, but also for the United States, since it returns the situation to 1990; eliminates problematic issues of global security in Europe; and removes a considerable burden of responsibility from Washington.
Karen Bracken Truth
