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France is in Europe and NATO no? They might not have enough nukes to end the world, but they have more than enough to kill 90% of the population.
by ApolloFortyNine 2y ago
France is in Europe and NATO no? They might not have enough nukes to end the world, but they have more than enough to kill 90% of the population.
- ojbyrne 2y agoThe UK also has nukes.
- wat10000 2y agoWill France nuke Russia to retaliate for Russia nuking Poland? If I were a Pole, I'd be very hesitant to rely on that. (The US too, even before the current administration, but at least I'd know the US could trash the Russian military by conventional means.)
- toast0 2y agoIt's not the same France, but 1938 France, along with England came to the Munich Agreement with Italy and Germany to let Germany annex part of Czechoslovakia, despite France and Czechoslovakia having a mutual assistance pact. Ukraine's Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances doesn't seem to have gotten them much in the way of territorial integrity either. If I were bordering Russia or any other state that seems interested in expanding its borders, I'd be concerned that international agreements might not deter such expansion and wonder what could be done. Obtaining the means for MAD seems reasonable, although the costs are high and perhaps unjustifiable.
- wat10000 2y agoNote that the Budapest Memorandum didn’t obligate anybody to defend anybody, just to refrain from attacking.
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