If Russia stopped the invasion there would be no need for using the weapons of war. Right now Russia is the one ensuring weapons of war are needed and used.
Well… has that happened with all the other weapons of war?
I mean I get the sentinment, and in localized situations this makes sense to a degree. OTOH you have all the nuclear missiles that were taken apart again or just turned to rust. Or the Zumwaldt class, which is just how you glue money bills together in the shape of a ship. Or the insane mountain of stuff that was never used and mothballed.
Roi on nuclear weapon use is not great.
Sadly it jusy means that countries who fuck around or get too drunk on their power will have to be brought in line swiftly and harshly and in a way that permanently incapacitates them to continue screwing around.
Polite global society is an armed global society and I’m actually not being ironic here. Bullies only understand force often through specificaly tailored deterrence mechanisms, look at “sovergn” citizens. Gotta make it not worth the time to try, if there’s a chance they succeed they will take it because it often has no downside to try
Just here to remind everyone that this includes nukes.
Donald Trump backed us out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, making it much more likely for Iran to develop nukes. And now that Trump will most likely abandon Ukraine, Europe will be looking to increase their nuclear arsenal as a deterrent against Russia.
So there’s about to be a whole lot more nukes in a much more volatile world.
All thanks to an anti-democratic felon rapist who America can’t seem to put in the rear-view mirror. Great country!!!
Does Lemmy have an im14andthisisdeep forum yet? Because I’m seeing more and more that belongs there lately.
What do you care? If what you say is true, we’re already doomed to nuclear war.
I dunno. I’m just a guy. I dont want any wars.
A relatively small minority of people through history have wanted wars. But if we look at the past 4000 years, we nonetheless find many, many wars, the vast majority of which people have never even heard the name of. You cannot escape this by simply disarming yourself.
I’m just a guy.
If you have nukes, nobody’s going to invade you. Ever since nukes were invented we’ve had the most peaceful period of existence.
I don’t know for the “all used” part, but yeah, responsibility of wars to come will partly lay on weapons makers, both enterprises and countries. They can say “I admit that I increase risk of wars and war casualties, but I think it’s the best bet for country/nation”., it’s not necessarily exclusive, but weapons are made to be used (especially dissuasion weapons, they only work if it’s well known they are ready to use).
The people who think you’re just referring to Russia make me laugh. Talk about one track minds
