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And we wonder why rogue regimes seek nuclear weapons. My biggest concern in geopolitics is non-proliferation and every little thing we do like this works agains
by mattmaroon 10mo ago
And we wonder why rogue regimes seek nuclear weapons. My biggest concern in geopolitics is non-proliferation and every little thing we do like this works against it.
- guerrilla 10mo agoI wish more people understood this.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoThe worst part is the people who make these decisions understand it and they do it anyway because the proliferation will occur in someone else’s term.
- redleader55 10mo agoEven democratic regimes should start acquiring nuclear weapons - ie. every EU country, given Trump's comments and stance about the EU.
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- throwaway1389z 10mo agoEvery sovereign nation should do. The notion that uppercase D "Democracy" is the only valid type of sovereign state is uppercase L liberalism propaganda.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoThat sounds like something written by an uppercase C Chinese bot.
- robryan 10mo agoNot easy though, the US has to basically allow it.
- jamincan 10mo agoDid the US allow all the other nuclear countries to develop nuclear weapons? There are quite a few states that could easily and quickly develop their own nuclear deterrent and the US is in a much worse position now to deter them from that.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoTell that to Iran.
- TheAlchemist 10mo agoWhat if France 'donated' some nukes to every EU country (okay, maybe not Hungary) ? It won't happen, but I wonder what could the US possibly do about it.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoNothing. We could and would do nothing. If we wanted to do something, it would be sanctions. We’re not so far gone as to invade Europe. The problem is they’d have to donate delivery systems too and I believe the only part of the triad they have is submarines. Most European countries simply couldn’t use it. But some could.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoThe current administration WANTS Europe to develop the military necessary to defend themselves so we don’t have to pay for it. We’ll probably send them the schematics if they haven’t already infiltrated whatever servers we keep them on.
- colejhudson 10mo agoThis is a red herring. Rogue regimes will, by construction, seek the security offered by nuclear weapons. Hence the need, where possible, to apply diplomatic or military means to prevent exactly that.
- cirwyz 10mo agoThe US is the rogue regime in this scenario.
- mattmaroon 10mo agoThat’s counter to what happened for several decades when we actually cared about preventing it. Few regimes at all sought them and several were convinced to abandon nuclear programs.
- FergusArgyll 10mo agoIf they get close we drop a bunker buster on them to remove the threat but you complain anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- waffleiron 10mo agoNorth Korea, Israel, and Pakistan prove you wrong.
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- erxam 10mo agoYou have to admit that non-proliferation was a masterful coup by the capitalist ruling class. The fruits have just ripened, and they're starting to harvest them.