On June 19, standing at Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama renewed his pledge to achieve “a world without nuclear weapons,” saying the United States would reduce its cache of nuclear weapons by one-third if Russia does the same. Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the offer, but made a counter-offer. It’s an offer that Putin would love the United States to accept, given that it would cripple the West’s defenses.

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