Just get used to the idea of being a possible target.

The rest of the world has lived with that for centuries.

Here in North America we think we're untouchable.

WRONG.

Mutually Assured Destruction... I know what it means. I stand by my first comment.

Here in North America we don't fear actual invasion and occupation by foreign Armies. We never have.

Our foreign policy toward non nuclear states is to bomb and sanction and invade them for spurious and illegal reasons. No fear of MAD from them.
Only the big nuclear powers are strong enough to deter us from illegal attacks.

MAD will eventually fail because people are stupid and memories are short.

Counting on Putin to be rational to save humanity? What could possibly go wrong?

What's wrong with this picture?

Donald ------- Trump with his hands on the nuclear football.

He could single handedly authorize a nuclear first strike, when he was president.

He may be able to again in the near future.

How safe does that make anyone really feel?

Binding non nuclear treaties between all the nuclear powers with the goal of banning the bomb. Forever.

That's the goal.

MAD is just prolonging the inevitable until someone Not Rational gets to push the Button.

How we got to this point is itself a sign of how dangerous the situation is.

Giving the president unilateral authority over nuclear first strikes was retarded.

Even Putin does Not have that Authority in Russia.

Exceptional Nation!

Democracy can be messy!

And the SCOTUS helped!!

If Putin is Rational. Is he?

I mean, we keep hearing about what a Mad man he is.

If that's true then why are we provoking him?

Somebody is lying about something.

And Human Survival is the Stakes on this.

It Sure makes me Proud to know the Nuclear Deterrent is Protecting Me.

The Hubris behind the Nuclear Arms race is just astounding.

It's sure to come to Grief eventually,and by that I mean in less than two human lifetimes.

Counting on human beings, as fallible and irrational as they are in the best of cases, to be responsible with Nukes is just Stupid, and how we got here is proof that if they Exist they will eventually be Used....Again.

On Civilians,... Nukes are a Terror Weapon. They are good for Nothing Else.

Created to Cow the World into Submission.

Itself the most Evil of Motives.

All Made in USA.

NATO has been trying to corner and Economically isolate Russia for decades.

You see some figment of good will by NATO toward Russia that doesn't exist.

It's worse than the original cold war now. Both sides on hair trigger alert.

Saying this is somehow not as dangerous as it is does not help.

Stopping the shooting so things can cool off is the right course of action.

In Israel and Ukraine. Shooting can always resume if needed.

Why is Cease Fire such a bad thing?

Growing up I was taught that war is a great evil.

As I get older I realize that war gives government more power over the citizens,makes it easier to quell dissent, gives standing armies a reason to exist. Makes investment in anything not military seem wasteful to the usual idiots.

Still a great Evil,but much more insidiously so than obviously recognized.

Russia is no different from the US,in the sense that they will do whatever they want.

This over time makes nuclear war almost inevitable.

This is something everyone talked about and knew in the cold war against the USSR.

In the modern cold war against the Russian Federation and China,concern about Nukes seems almost non-existent.

How ------- STUPID IS THAT?

How did we get from constant worry and open concern to almost total indifference?

Why are we Sleepwalking when we most Need to be Awake?

Where are are Grownups?

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With Nukes, Aimed at your head.

Sleep Tight...

The Sleep of Reason brings forth Monsters..