Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50k years

Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by dangus on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @10:18AM (#40367286)

Acquiring nuclear weapons is not the same as using them.

Nuclear weapons aren’t a combat armament. They are an insurance policy. They are a way to get adversaries to leave you alone or bring you to the negotiating table.

I believe it was Kim Jong Il or Un or maybe both who directly stated this to insiders in their regime. They weren’t ever intended to be used, and those leaders were fully aware that any real conflict would result in their regime’s annihilation.

Their #1 goal was preservation of their family monarchy. Nuclear war is the opposite of that.

Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9169656/

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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last... by pfdietz on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @12:34PM (#40369147)

The argument "war won't occur, it's irrational" isn't a good one. Both WW1 and WW2 were irrational, but they happened anyway. If actors were perfectly rational no wars would occur.

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