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0 pointsExoticPearTree9mo ago0 comments

Just to set the story straight:

- Libya was bombed primarily by France and then other NATO countries for no good reason. And from a functioning dictatorship it is a failed state.

- Syria was invaded by Turkey/US right after the civil war started.

In the world we all live in you need to have powerful deterrents so that the US/France/UK/NATO will not dare to bomb you for whatever reason they feel "justified" to do.

In an extreme, I think every country should have a lot of nukes so other countries can mind their own business.

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scotty799mo ago

> other countries can mind their own business

Right. Because nothing says "I can mind my own business." like nuclear weapons being at most one coup from being launched at someone, possibly you.

People thought nuclear weapons are a defensive deterrent but what war in Ukraine showed us they are actually offensive weapons that deter anyone from defending to strongly when you attack them with your conventional forces.

Both russia and USA used their nuclear weapons in that manner for the last few decades. It's time to call the thing that quacks what it is, a duck.

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

> Right. Because nothing says "I can mind my own business." like nuclear weapons being at most one coup from being launched at someone, possibly you.

You're saying not all countries should be able to have powerful weapons just because there might be a coup. Who decides that? You? Me? A random guy on the street? A random bureaucrat from a random country?

There are very few people who think they can win a nuclear exchange. And somehow I don't think a random guy in Africa or the Middle East is so sure about it that it risks launching nukes at its neighbor(s).

scotty799mo ago

> You're saying not all countries should be able to have powerful weapons just because there might be a coup.

Of course. How is that controversial?

> Who decides that? You?

Of course. I decide what I believe to be right. And in practice the countries that get to have nuclear weapons are the countries that got nuclear weapons. Not because they deserve it or should have it. Just because they got it. Which makes France, USA and Israel some of the countries that get to have nukes and Iran one of the countries that don't get to have nukes.

> There are very few people who think they can win a nuclear exchange.

You mistake humans for rational actors. Have you heard what the stance of russia is for example? "What's the use for the world if there's no russia in it." Basically if they can't do what they want, they think world deserves to get nuked into oblivion.

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BrandoElFollito9mo ago

> In an extreme, I think every country should have a lot of nukes so other countries can mind their own business.

The problem is that countries tend to assume that the neighbors are also their business.

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

Well, if every of your neighbors would have a big bad bomb, you will more inclined to mind your business. But if only you have a big bad bomb, then most likely you will have opinions about what your neighbors should do.

looofooo09mo ago

Forget Ryssian involvment in Syria and Libiya!

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

I did not forget that. But the Russians banked on the opportunity after the fact. They did not bombed them because they did not like their leaders just because.

_old_dude_9mo ago

> Libya was bombed primarily by France and then other NATO countries for no good reason

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Libyan_financing_in_th...

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

The old mantra of bombing for peace and having sex for virginity, no?

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scotty799mo ago

> other countries can mind their own business

Right. Because nothing says "I can mind my own business." like nuclear weapons being at most one coup from being launched at someone, possibly you.

Both russia and USA used their nuclear weapons in that manner for the last few decades. It's time to call the thing that quacks what it is, a duck.

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

> Right. Because nothing says "I can mind my own business." like nuclear weapons being at most one coup from being launched at someone, possibly you.

scotty799mo ago

> You're saying not all countries should be able to have powerful weapons just because there might be a coup.

Of course. How is that controversial?

> Who decides that? You?

> There are very few people who think they can win a nuclear exchange.

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BrandoElFollito9mo ago

> In an extreme, I think every country should have a lot of nukes so other countries can mind their own business.

The problem is that countries tend to assume that the neighbors are also their business.

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

looofooo09mo ago

Forget Ryssian involvment in Syria and Libiya!

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

I did not forget that. But the Russians banked on the opportunity after the fact. They did not bombed them because they did not like their leaders just because.

_old_dude_9mo ago

> Libya was bombed primarily by France and then other NATO countries for no good reason

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Libyan_financing_in_th...

ExoticPearTreeOP9mo ago

The old mantra of bombing for peace and having sex for virginity, no?

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