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Treaties work until they don't, and what can cause an escalation is future knowledge beyond our abilities to predict. In event of a hot war, none of these treat
by ssnistfajen 3y ago
Treaties work until they don't, and what can cause an escalation is future knowledge beyond our abilities to predict. In event of a hot war, none of these treaties would've mattered.
- throwanem 3y agoObviously. Again, the point of the treaty is to make it less likely things will go that far. Otherwise, why bother with it at all?
- ssnistfajen 3y agoPolitical theatre, of course. But if you buy into that discourse then you are being duped. Do you think propaganda doesn't exist in your home country?
- throwanem 3y agoNo more than it doesn't in yours, comrade.
- ssnistfajen 3y agoEnjoy the blissful ignorance while it lasts for you.
- throwanem 3y agoWhat ignorance? That was sarcasm; I'm an American, but I like to hope I'm not a stupid American. It's fair to say that a promise not to risk escalation isn't the same as not risking escalation. But having made the promise used to count for something, too. Now? Especially with all the reciprocal geopolitical damnfoolishness going on in Eastern Europe, who the hell knows? That said, Russia has telescopes, and the X-37B by all reports isn't as stealthy as its designers would like it to be. While the absurdity of US (and Russian!) military planners is always hard to overestimate, I'd still be surprised to learn anyone seriously expected to successfully steal a march this way.