• BallyM@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    “This is not hard math” misses the point that nuclear weapons are an abomination, and that situating parts of a nuclear weapons system directly on Russia’s border increases the risk of miscalculation and a nuclear exchange, and consequently genocide on an unimaginable scale.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      3 days ago

      Last person I talked to who talked like this thought RFK Jr would have made a great president.

      Nuclear deterrent. Mutually assured destruction. These are the things that have kept the peace for the last 60+ years. No one fires nukes because they know that nukes are the end of the world. And people don’t invade borders of people who have nukes because nukes are the end of the world. Take note that the only countries that have been invaded by other countries since nuclear proliferation began are countries that do not have nuclear weapons.

      Your fear is childish. Your real fear should be of the people who use your fear of nuclear proliferation to manipulate you.

      • BallyM@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        3 days ago

        Nonsense. Civilian infrastructure deep within Russia is bombed with NATO intel and weapons almost daily. World’s biggest nuke arsenal.

        • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          2 days ago

          NATO is not supplying anything to Ukraine. I don’t think you understand what NATO actually is. If Ukraine was actually part of NATO, Russia would have to immediately back off because that would add the nuclear deterrent Ukraine needs to stop the invasion, because NATO is a nuclear alliance. If any one country is attacked, all the other countries would retaliate. That is why Zelenskyy wanted Ukraine to be part of NATO and why he said that if Ukraine were to be allowed to join he would resign as president immediately. However they are continually rebuffed because seven nations, including the United States and Germany, are blocking their accession to NATO.

          • BallyM@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 days ago

            NATO is not supplying anything to Ukraine, really? Where does Ukraine get all its weapons, intel and training?

            • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              4 hours ago

              Individual nations like Poland who’ve seen this sort of thing happen before and determined to help fight it.

              You should learn to make the distinction between a NATO allied nation and NATO itself. Individual countries are still free to do what they like in terms of international intelligence and weapon sales.