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Patrick Powers's avatar

Well putting myself in P's position I don't see what he can do to stop it. It's not a bilateral decision. If one side starts a war then war we shall have. It seems to me that world war three began this week. There's no going back now.

The only reason to destroy nuclear early warning sites is to prepare to at least threaten a nuclear first strike. Did you know that the USA is the only nation with "we'll do a first nuclear strike whenever we feel like it" policy? They changed long ago without publicity or debate. The opinion of the public was not solicited.

The USA is now under military discipline in preparation for world war. Blanket censorship, cops beating up protesters....

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Brian Bixby's avatar

Actually there are two countries who maintain First Strike nuclear protocols; the other is Israel. Every other nuclear armed country on the planet considers them to be defensive weapons.

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The Underdog's avatar

You can add China to that list, although their change was recent (2019, I do believe?).

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