Let’s delve a little deeper into “if they get nukes, they’ll use them”. Let’s look at North Korea which has had nukes for what, 20 years? I can’t think of a less sane, less decent regime than theirs. Have THEY used their nukes? Why not? It’s that old “mutually assured destruction” business. Does South Korea feel threatened by North Korea’s nukes? Not that I can see. I think small despotic countries want nukes to defend their I
tinpot despots. They’re not primarily an offensive weapon.
I’ve tried to follow politics closely since I was a kid in the mid 60’s. I can’t ever remember a President using the word “ obliterated “.
Idiot — yes. Decisions? Not so much. Outbursts. Tantrums. Reactions.
Let’s delve a little deeper into “if they get nukes, they’ll use them”. Let’s look at North Korea which has had nukes for what, 20 years? I can’t think of a less sane, less decent regime than theirs. Have THEY used their nukes? Why not? It’s that old “mutually assured destruction” business. Does South Korea feel threatened by North Korea’s nukes? Not that I can see. I think small despotic countries want nukes to defend their I
tinpot despots. They’re not primarily an offensive weapon.
They provide prestige but little else, if the likely adversary also has nukes. Then you're in MAD territory.