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>How does this escalate into a total destruction scenario? My favorite historical documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk-kbjw0Y8U https://www.youtube.
by johnnyanmac 1y ago
>How does this escalate into a total destruction scenario?
My favorite historical documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk-kbjw0Y8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk-kbjw0Y8U (my new favorite part is America realizing "fuck, we're dumasses" far too late into the warfare they started).
That is to say: you're assuming a lot of good faith in a time of unrest with several leaders looking for any excuse enact martial law. For all we know, the blank is "Trump overreacts and authorizes a nuclear strike on Los Angeles"(note the word "authorizes". Despite the media, the president cannot unilaterally fire a nuclear warhead). That bizarre threat alone might escalate completely unrelated events and boom. Chaos.
- nonethewiser 1y agoI think this perfectly demonstrates my point that the path from isolated tactical nuke to wide scale nuclear war is quite unclear and by no means necessary. Thank you.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoI wish it was a clear path. That's the scariest part. Remember that one assassation escalated to The Great War. It'll be a similar flimsy straw breaking that will mark the start of nuclear conflict after years of rising tensions. And by then pandora's box will be opened.