As I write this article, Vladimir Putin, the dictator of Russia, is dragging his feet and throwing multiple spanners in the works since Ukraine bravely accepted President Donald Trump’s proposal for a 30-day full ceasefire.

As I type, the NATO secretary general is visiting President Trump and they’ve both just said they would like to see nuclear de-escalation across the globe with the secretary general referencing a previous Republican President, Ronald Reagan, who agreed to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the USSR in 1987.

I am also reminded of another former Republican President, George W. Bush. In 2002, President Bush spoke in Warsaw at a NATO summit and said, “The days of the Warsaw Pact seem distant — they must seem to you; after all, the Warsaw Pact ended a half a lifetime ago for you. It was a dark and distant era.”

Bush went on to say, “We are committed to work toward world peace, and we’re committed to a close and permanent partnership with the nations of Europe. The Atlantic alliance is America’s most important global relationship. We’re tied to Europe by history; we are tied to Europe by the wars of liberty we have fought and won together. ”

Every day we see fresh horrors coming from the........

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