This is why Russia wouldn’t respond by firing a nuke into Ukraine. What have we said about deterrence working both ways? What have we said about nuclear armed actors going kinetic without going nuclear? There’s a lot more historical precedent for my predictions than yours. I’ve already cited those examples, but go off on fear rants I gue…
This is why Russia wouldn’t respond by firing a nuke into Ukraine. What have we said about deterrence working both ways? What have we said about nuclear armed actors going kinetic without going nuclear? There’s a lot more historical precedent for my predictions than yours. I’ve already cited those examples, but go off on fear rants I guess. We can do that all day until every dictator in the world has nukes and then we’ll still be wetting ourselves when it’s their turn to slaughter people. But keep thinking we should be more afraid of them than them of us. The world is going to work out great with that precedent in motion.
Yes, because the alternative is living in a world with MORE nuclear-armed butchers who saw what Putin got away with, and then we’re in this same situation even more often 15-25 years down the road when my kids are of military service age. You want to live in that world and explain to your kid how this trend could have been stopped 20 years ago if we had only done something to deter that kind of behavior as he’s signing the paperwork at the USMC recruiting office?
This is why Russia wouldn’t respond by firing a nuke into Ukraine. What have we said about deterrence working both ways? What have we said about nuclear armed actors going kinetic without going nuclear? There’s a lot more historical precedent for my predictions than yours. I’ve already cited those examples, but go off on fear rants I guess. We can do that all day until every dictator in the world has nukes and then we’ll still be wetting ourselves when it’s their turn to slaughter people. But keep thinking we should be more afraid of them than them of us. The world is going to work out great with that precedent in motion.
I hope you’re right.
Remember when Challenger went down due to losing fire resistant tiles on the the bottom of the shuttle?
The investigation of the incident revealed that engineers felt bolstered by the fact that nothing had happened despite losing tiles each flight.
The lesson learned was that just because something works a few times doesn’t mean the risk isn’t real.
NASA lost a shuttle and all those aboard because of this. Are you willing to risk a nuclear war based on this theory of yours?
Yes, because the alternative is living in a world with MORE nuclear-armed butchers who saw what Putin got away with, and then we’re in this same situation even more often 15-25 years down the road when my kids are of military service age. You want to live in that world and explain to your kid how this trend could have been stopped 20 years ago if we had only done something to deter that kind of behavior as he’s signing the paperwork at the USMC recruiting office?
The lesson here: if you’re stuck floating on your own in the middle of the ocean, pissing in your pants will only keep you warm for so long.
Which is very much an option preferred over an exchange of nukes because someone didn’t want soiled diapers.