▲ 197 ▼ Pakistan to drop nuclear weapon on Israel if Israel nukes Iran, says Rezaei (www.turkiyetoday.com) submitted 1 year ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to c/world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 16 points 1 year ago (7 children) that's mad permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (6 children) MAD only assumes inevitability of retaliation. Mexican Standoff doctrine adds complete global proliferation so that nobody can be bullied. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) ... and it only works if all governments are rational actors that can reliably safeguard their nuclear stockpile. If either of those cease to be true, Bad Things^TM^ happen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago You live in a state with nukes, opinion disregarded. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can insaneify this further: Not only have total nuclear armament for every country on Earth... Every country on Earth also employs Israel's Samson Doctrine. Which is: If we're going down, we are sending a nuke at every nearby capital we can, ally, foe, neutral, doesn't matter; if we can't exist, no one can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago Which is: If we're going down, we are sending a nuke at every nearby capital we can, ally, foe, neutral, doesn't matter; if we can't exist, no one can. And that guarantees they’re never going to be existentially threatened. Now let’s have that for everyone so it’s actually fair. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) so it's either everybody or nobody, makes sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* Alternative is nuclear powers do what they want to everyone else. As someone living in a non-nuclear capable state I think that’s something that should be fixed asap, for our benefit, and others must be thinking that too. Especially after how worthless security guarantees turned out to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (6 children) MAD only assumes inevitability of retaliation. Mexican Standoff doctrine adds complete global proliferation so that nobody can be bullied. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) ... and it only works if all governments are rational actors that can reliably safeguard their nuclear stockpile. If either of those cease to be true, Bad Things^TM^ happen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago You live in a state with nukes, opinion disregarded. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can insaneify this further: Not only have total nuclear armament for every country on Earth... Every country on Earth also employs Israel's Samson Doctrine. Which is: If we're going down, we are sending a nuke at every nearby capital we can, ally, foe, neutral, doesn't matter; if we can't exist, no one can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago Which is: If we're going down, we are sending a nuke at every nearby capital we can, ally, foe, neutral, doesn't matter; if we can't exist, no one can. And that guarantees they’re never going to be existentially threatened. Now let’s have that for everyone so it’s actually fair. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) so it's either everybody or nobody, makes sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* Alternative is nuclear powers do what they want to everyone else. As someone living in a non-nuclear capable state I think that’s something that should be fixed asap, for our benefit, and others must be thinking that too. Especially after how worthless security guarantees turned out to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) ... and it only works if all governments are rational actors that can reliably safeguard their nuclear stockpile. If either of those cease to be true, Bad Things^TM^ happen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago You live in a state with nukes, opinion disregarded. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago You live in a state with nukes, opinion disregarded. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) You can insaneify this further: Not only have total nuclear armament for every country on Earth... Every country on Earth also employs Israel's Samson Doctrine. Which is: If we're going down, we are sending a nuke at every nearby capital we can, ally, foe, neutral, doesn't matter; if we can't exist, no one can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago Which is: If we're going down, we are sending a nuke at every nearby capital we can, ally, foe, neutral, doesn't matter; if we can't exist, no one can. And that guarantees they’re never going to be existentially threatened. Now let’s have that for everyone so it’s actually fair. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago Which is: If we're going down, we are sending a nuke at every nearby capital we can, ally, foe, neutral, doesn't matter; if we can't exist, no one can. And that guarantees they’re never going to be existentially threatened. Now let’s have that for everyone so it’s actually fair. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) so it's either everybody or nobody, makes sense permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* Alternative is nuclear powers do what they want to everyone else. As someone living in a non-nuclear capable state I think that’s something that should be fixed asap, for our benefit, and others must be thinking that too. Especially after how worthless security guarantees turned out to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* Alternative is nuclear powers do what they want to everyone else. As someone living in a non-nuclear capable state I think that’s something that should be fixed asap, for our benefit, and others must be thinking that too. Especially after how worthless security guarantees turned out to be. permalink fedilink source parent