• cabbage@piefed.social
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    7 months ago

    This comment section seems to assume that just because the cold war never went nuclear, it never could have. It also seems to forget the stress of living under constant threat of nuclear war.

    We need to get rid of nukes, not build new ones. One of our core projects as humanity should be to get rid of nuclear weapons. Our failure to do so is the fault of the Americans as much as the Russians, if not more. You guys sure love your bombs.

    So to answer the question: Nah, fuck that.

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      7 months ago

      Thank you. It makes me lose hope for the future of humanity everytime I read comments saying we should remake the mistakes of our past. If we had nukes in 1914, the world would have ended because the Archduke of Austria was shot.

      The Archduke of Austria, a title that doesn’t exist anymore, was the heir to rule Austria-Hungary, a country that doesn’t exist anymore. He was killed by a Bosnian because he didn’t like being a part of Austria-Hungary. Bosnia would later become a part of Yugoslavia, a country that doesn’t exist anymore. How many nukes would have been launched to save these meaningless titles and borders?

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    7 months ago

    We already have nuclear participation with the US. In case NATO decides for mutual nuclear defense, the US nuclear bombs stored in Germany exclusively for German use would be attached to airplanes of the German Air Force to be deployed onto their targets.

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      7 months ago

      Why not? This is contingent on the US being an unreliable nuclear umbrella… And Germany deciding they will be part of the EU’s nuclear deterrence.

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        7 months ago

        I don’t like the idea being part of a country that could kill thousands or even millions of people at once.

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          7 months ago

          Well, no, but I’d rather be in the position of the stick holder than the potential pointy end receiver.

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            7 months ago

            Nuclear war is not a stick battle, it’s a knife fight. You’ll both end up bleeding out. Best thing you can do is to not participate.

            People should watch Doctor Strangelove as a fucking case study.

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              7 months ago

              No, that’s not the case anymore. Modern anti-air missile systems can take care of nukes.

              It’s not a knife fight, it’s a “who can spend more money” fight to the death.

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    7 months ago

    I guess the question would be connected with how europe is going to handle its combined military defense.