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It even constrains what is done in conventional war too. Firebombing on the level of Dresden or Tokoyo would also lead to nuclear war now so those brutal tacti
by epistemer 4y ago
It even constrains what is done in conventional war too.
Firebombing on the level of Dresden or Tokoyo would also lead to nuclear war now so those brutal tactics can't really be used anymore either.
We also can't underestimate with disarmament the dangerous equilibrium of a country lying about disarmament while believing most other countries have disarmed.
We might be forming a new dangerous equilibrium now though anyway with fighting a proxy war against a conventionally far weaker nuclear power.
- cableshaft 4y agoNot the first time a proxy war was fought with them. The Cold War was basically four decades of proxy wars between the US and Russia. Doesn't make this not dangerous, of course. It was a dangerous game back then, too.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> The Cold War was basically four decades of proxy wars between the US and Russia. Including direct conflict that both sides pretended to be proxy conflict to manage public demands for escalation abd political fallout in the event of defeat.