I fully agree with you. Nuclear Weapons are illogical (if you aren't going to use them, then why build them?), insane (suicidal - MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction), Illegal (in the 70 countries that have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - TPNW), Immoral (Pope and others), Indiscriminate (kill civilians and all life immediately, and civilization through Nuclear Winter and starvation over the next 10 years) and Inhumane (there will be no treatment for the survivors, no analgesics, etc. - just suffering)
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Thanks for this wonderful new approach to talking about nuclear weapons. It is so good - much as I admire Anni Jacobson's work - it does leave you with some sense of powerlessness. But I fear that so many people's income - whether by their employment, their local community, their investments - is linked to the production of nuclear weapons - they can't financially afford to dislike nuclear weapons.
The newest problem is that some American strategists are now talking seriously about actually using small tactical nukes to "intimidate" China or Russia. But this will more likely have the effect of triggering the climb up the nuclear escalation ladder. It will only take 100 of our modern nukes to set off nuclear winter and end all of humanity.
Dear Ward,
I fully agree with you. Nuclear Weapons are illogical (if you aren't going to use them, then why build them?), insane (suicidal - MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction), Illegal (in the 70 countries that have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - TPNW), Immoral (Pope and others), Indiscriminate (kill civilians and all life immediately, and civilization through Nuclear Winter and starvation over the next 10 years) and Inhumane (there will be no treatment for the survivors, no analgesics, etc. - just suffering)
“Illogical, Insane, Illegal, Immoral, and Inhumane.” Well put.
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Radical stuff going on here!
Thanks for this wonderful new approach to talking about nuclear weapons. It is so good - much as I admire Anni Jacobson's work - it does leave you with some sense of powerlessness. But I fear that so many people's income - whether by their employment, their local community, their investments - is linked to the production of nuclear weapons - they can't financially afford to dislike nuclear weapons.
Another thought, perhaps we can make fun of the promoters of nuclear weapons without making fun of the dangerousness of the weapons themselves.
The newest problem is that some American strategists are now talking seriously about actually using small tactical nukes to "intimidate" China or Russia. But this will more likely have the effect of triggering the climb up the nuclear escalation ladder. It will only take 100 of our modern nukes to set off nuclear winter and end all of humanity.
Great article, Ward!