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byAnonymous Coward writes:
TRUMP
bySuperKendall ( 25149 ) writes:
TRUMP
Yes, Trump who has ended the Gaza war, and is about to end the Ukrainian war.
It wasn't until Trump came that Putin started talking peace. And Trump has halter permission for deep strikes into Russia from Ukraine which was always going to be a potential trigger for Russia to use nukes in response.
How is the world MORE in danger of nuclear war if the fight between Ukraine and Russia (really the West and Russia) is over? Seems safer to me.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Do you fucking retards drink straight battery acid or something? Just wondering how you got this stupid.
bydbialac ( 320955 ) writes:
Food for thought: we enjoy the most peaceful period ever in history, and that peaceful period is ours because of nuclear weapons. If you doubt this, think about this: the Ukraine war never qould have happened if Ukraine didn't give up their nuclear weapons.
byTyler Durden ( 136036 ) writes:
Well MAD may help keep the peace to an extent. But one important point to consider the possibility of an "oops". IIRC there have been a couple times in history we came close to nukes being launched between USA and USSR due to a faulty reading or a misunderstanding. Dangerously close, too. The story quite possibly could have ended a different way.
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bydbialac ( 320955 ) writes:
The closest we came was the Cuban Missile Crisis. It was from that point that we introduced the red phone, so leadership could instantly talk to one another. The red phone has made it a lot easier to avoid escalation in the first place. Competent analysis over the conditions in play has been the other part in play. For example, a sudden strike by either party, or at this point any party, seems completely illogical and the people with their hands on the buttons have shown an ability to sniff it out. The trea
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