mapumbaa@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoShould Germany aquire nuclear weapons?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareShould Germany aquire nuclear weapons?mapumbaa@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWhy not? This is contingent on the US being an unreliable nuclear umbrella… And Germany deciding they will be part of the EU’s nuclear deterrence.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI don’t like the idea being part of a country that could kill thousands or even millions of people at once.
minus-squareBirch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWell, no, but I’d rather be in the position of the stick holder than the potential pointy end receiver.
minus-squarecabbage@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoNuclear war is not a stick battle, it’s a knife fight. You’ll both end up bleeding out. Best thing you can do is to not participate. People should watch Doctor Strangelove as a fucking case study.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoNo, that’s not the case anymore. Modern anti-air missile systems can take care of nukes. It’s not a knife fight, it’s a “who can spend more money” fight to the death.
Why not? This is contingent on the US being an unreliable nuclear umbrella… And Germany deciding they will be part of the EU’s nuclear deterrence.
I don’t like the idea being part of a country that could kill thousands or even millions of people at once.
Well, no, but I’d rather be in the position of the stick holder than the potential pointy end receiver.
Nuclear war is not a stick battle, it’s a knife fight. You’ll both end up bleeding out. Best thing you can do is to not participate.
People should watch Doctor Strangelove as a fucking case study.
No, that’s not the case anymore. Modern anti-air missile systems can take care of nukes.
It’s not a knife fight, it’s a “who can spend more money” fight to the death.