First I'd like to admit that I actually believed, and consider myself fairly well read since retirement, that the US, following Hiroshima and Nagasaki had adopted a NFU policy. Unfortunately this, like many of the beliefs I've held throughout my adult life about US policy, only proves that Americans are prone to propaganda. Why did I believe that we had a NFU policy? I actually have read and watched documentaries about WWII and the bombing in Japan. I'd learned how many didn't want to use nuclear weapons back then, but I'd walked away thinking that we'd decided essentially, never again...
I actually am extremely upset to learn that this isn't the case. It now, more than ever, makes me terrified that someone who has demonstrated the emotional maturity of a 5 year old tantruming in a sandbox for years has the potential to once again have access to the 'red button'. And makes his 'my button is bigger than yours' attitude a major problem. When added to his firm belief that he doesn't answer to our constitution and can simply change the rules to suit his needs, if the misguided group supporting this, or any candidate with authoritarian ideology gets the White House the world is in more trouble than we postulate currently. Thanks for correcting a long held mistaken understanding of our policy on nuclear weapon use.
The adoption of NFU policy in the US would likely, might say even without question, bring us back to the table on diplomatic efforts with a number of nations.
First I'd like to admit that I actually believed, and consider myself fairly well read since retirement, that the US, following Hiroshima and Nagasaki had adopted a NFU policy. Unfortunately this, like many of the beliefs I've held throughout my adult life about US policy, only proves that Americans are prone to propaganda. Why did I believe that we had a NFU policy? I actually have read and watched documentaries about WWII and the bombing in Japan. I'd learned how many didn't want to use nuclear weapons back then, but I'd walked away thinking that we'd decided essentially, never again...
I actually am extremely upset to learn that this isn't the case. It now, more than ever, makes me terrified that someone who has demonstrated the emotional maturity of a 5 year old tantruming in a sandbox for years has the potential to once again have access to the 'red button'. And makes his 'my button is bigger than yours' attitude a major problem. When added to his firm belief that he doesn't answer to our constitution and can simply change the rules to suit his needs, if the misguided group supporting this, or any candidate with authoritarian ideology gets the White House the world is in more trouble than we postulate currently. Thanks for correcting a long held mistaken understanding of our policy on nuclear weapon use.
Great. Could you speak to the use of depleted uranium weapons in the arsenal of insanity and the risks these pose in NFU?
Outstanding essay.
The adoption of NFU policy in the US would likely, might say even without question, bring us back to the table on diplomatic efforts with a number of nations.