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Better the candidate agitating for nuclear war with Russia, right? [1][2][3] We might all turn to glass, but at least we'd still have our safe spaces. [1] htt

Better the candidate agitating for nuclear war with Russia, right? [1][2][3] We might all turn to glass, but at least we'd still have our safe spaces. [1] http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/26/clintons-syria-strategy-would-require-war-with-russia-congress-hears/ http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/26/clintons-syria-strategy-wo... [2] http://www.inquisitr.com/3598001/russian-trump-hillary-clinton-will-start-world-war-3-be-the-last-u-s-president-ever/ http://www.inquisitr.com/3598001/russian-trump-hillary-clint... [3] http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/07/the-kremlin-really-believes-that-hillary-clinton-will-start-a-war-with-russia-donald-trump-vladimir-putin/ http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/07/the-kremlin-really-belie...

tzakrajs 10y ago
We are post nuclear war. Cyber is the new nuclear. This nuclear saber rattling is a way for leaders to show their mettle to people in a way that they understand well.
- pmoriarty 10y ago
  I strongly disagree. There are still thousands of nuclear weapons pointing from the US to Russia and vice-versa, along with many others in hot spots like India and Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea. A lot of the weapons and warning systems in Russia are antiquated, and could result in false alarms. False alarms have drawn the world close to nuclear war before. Now that either Hillary or Trump will get elected, the US is very likely to get in to another war, and it's quite possible that it will turn nuclear if one of the other nuclear powers get involved in a big way. The nuclear threat is just not considered much any more, except in the case of North Korea, because of the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, but this is a false sense of security. The proverbial Doomsday Clock might not be quite as close to midnight as it was at the hight of the Cold War, but it's still way too close for comfort.
  - tzakrajs 10y ago
    If those countries had the gall to launch a nuke, they would have to be willing to live with the consequences when their compromised system levels their missile silo or other installation. Edit: That is to say, the NSA might have probably compromised this ICBM and it will detonate before moving an inch.

tzakrajs 10y ago

We are post nuclear war. Cyber is the new nuclear. This nuclear saber rattling is a way for leaders to show their mettle to people in a way that they understand well.

pmoriarty 10y ago
I strongly disagree. There are still thousands of nuclear weapons pointing from the US to Russia and vice-versa, along with many others in hot spots like India and Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea. A lot of the weapons and warning systems in Russia are antiquated, and could result in false alarms. False alarms have drawn the world close to nuclear war before. Now that either Hillary or Trump will get elected, the US is very likely to get in to another war, and it's quite possible that it will turn nuclear if one of the other nuclear powers get involved in a big way. The nuclear threat is just not considered much any more, except in the case of North Korea, because of the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, but this is a false sense of security. The proverbial Doomsday Clock might not be quite as close to midnight as it was at the hight of the Cold War, but it's still way too close for comfort.
- tzakrajs 10y ago
  If those countries had the gall to launch a nuke, they would have to be willing to live with the consequences when their compromised system levels their missile silo or other installation. Edit: That is to say, the NSA might have probably compromised this ICBM and it will detonate before moving an inch.