Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoQuestion for the Americans. If Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, or Greenland dropped a nuke on Washington DC, would you be angry at the bomb dropper, or would you think we had that coming?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down122
arrow-up1-5arrow-down1message-squareQuestion for the Americans. If Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, or Greenland dropped a nuke on Washington DC, would you be angry at the bomb dropper, or would you think we had that coming?Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squaredisregardable@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoTo be clear, mass killing civilians is always wrong. We learned that from World War II. Not just the US, the entire world. If any country starts mass killing civilians, then nuclear weapons may be an appropriate strategy stop the behavior.
minus-squareztpq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-222 hours agoThe only military use of nuclear weapons in human history was a mass killing of civilians of insane proportions.
To be clear, mass killing civilians is always wrong. We learned that from World War II. Not just the US, the entire world. If any country starts mass killing civilians, then nuclear weapons may be an appropriate strategy stop the behavior.
The only military use of nuclear weapons in human history was a mass killing of civilians of insane proportions.