alios15h ago

One thing I think is worth to mention is that strategic nuclear weapons are defensive weapons by the definition.

If #ukrain would have kept its arsenal - #russia wouldn't have attacked them.

The same for #iran and the #us.

Even the term "nuclear shield" states it: its a defensive thing.

So everyone claiming #iran would attack #israel the next day if they had nuclear weapons only shows that (s)he has not even basic knowledge about nuclear strategy.

Show threadAerofreak | USA WTF?14h ago

@alios

Correct. In political science, this is referred to as nuclear deterrence.

Show threadWeltenverbummler
@aerofreak @alios nuclear deterrence only works, as long as you can assume reason as the dominant Motivation. If hate is prior to reason, than things change.
3:05pmWeb
Show threadalios14h ago
@synRRg true ... so we should reason which actors seem to act reasonable and which not ... @aerofreak
Show threadAerofreak | USA WTF?12h ago

@synRRg
Rationality in government can be lost over time, as we are currently seeing.

@alios