tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post7334372666956366472..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: Justifying America's Nuclear Option and Winning a Nuclear Exchange A Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-25084386222174836132019-10-22T00:49:20.098-03:002019-10-22T00:49:20.098-03:00What gives me pause is that all these button pushe...What gives me pause is that all these button pushers likely have families that are not protected by any nuclear shelters. And the thinking might go "if we bomb them, they will bomb us, and my family is toast, fuck it!"kouroihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775442282940421580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-59111730162413152152019-10-18T08:51:58.330-03:002019-10-18T08:51:58.330-03:00In an article published by Project Syndicate, Josc...In an article published by Project Syndicate, Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister, and Vice-Chancellor from 1998-2005 writes;<br /><br />In this new environment, the “rationality of deterrence” maintained by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has eroded. Now, if nuclear proliferation increases, the threshold for using nuclear weapons will likely fall. <br /><br />I agree with Fischer that today a great number of people have come to accept the idea of a "small or limited' nuclear war as acceptable. The reason they feel this way may center around the fact they have not given it enough thought. The article below warns of the danger a major nuclear war may damage the world to where those surviving will face lives that are greatly diminished in quality.<br /><br />https://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2017/09/nuclear-proliferation-duck-and-cover.htmlBruce Wildshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.com