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The reality is that no country with nukes has ever been invaded. This fact will always make them very attractive as a way of ensuring safety. A great example is
by woah 5y ago
The reality is that no country with nukes has ever been invaded. This fact will always make them very attractive as a way of ensuring safety. A great example is Ukraine- they gave up their nukes voluntarily after being promised by the US and Russia that they would not be invaded. Now Russia is invading Ukraine, and the US is allowing it.
- avgcorrection 5y agoThe US is allowing it? Did the deal involve protecting Ukraine from aggressors?
- cmurf 5y agoNukes are more effective at preventing wars of aggression than the U.N. To get rid of nukes, that needs to change. The problem is nukes are a consolidation of power, whereas making the U.N. more effective involves a delegation of power. The five nuclear powers, simply aren't ready. Wars of aggression, i.e. war of conquest intended to change borders and subjugate a population, was considered by Nuremberg trials to be the supreme international crime. That's what happened in 2014 when Putin rolled tanks into Ukraine. A cynical, but not incorrect, person might suggest: Given that the things we've invented to prevent wars of aggression have all failed, we have to consider the defect. Is it the institutions? Or is it mankind? Are we doomed to actually go through with a third world war no matter what?