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> It's like saying you provoked a burglar by putting a bigger lock on your door. This is a poor analogy due to a nation-state not being analogous to a burglar.
by MadcapJake 9y ago
> It's like saying you provoked a burglar by putting a bigger lock on your door.
This is a poor analogy due to a nation-state not being analogous to a burglar. Especially due to a burglar being a deviant and a nation-state not (inherently) being a deviant. Also in your scenario, one party is deviant and the other is protecting their home (one-sided).
A defensive act like setting up missile shields runs counter to "mutually assured destruction" (it's not so mutual when one side has a missile shield).
- Const-me 9y ago> and a nation-state not (inherently) being a deviant. I think modern Russia is a deviant. Here’s a recent news about high-ranking officials doing large-scale international drug trafficking, using a government jet for that: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-argentina-cocaine-smuggling-operation-plane-air-drugs-embassy-a8231406.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-argent...
- cgmg 9y agoWhat do you mean by “a nation-state not being a deviant”? Any nation-state that used nuclear weapons to attack would most definitely be a deviant.