RE: Does the prospect of nuclear disaster still frighten anyone these days?
March 22, 2015 at 5:08 pm
I grew up during an era when there was a very real possibility of nuclear war between the USA and USSR. Much of my time in the military was at the tail end of the Cold War, and we trained heavily to fight against a Soviet enemy.
Today, I consider a nuclear exchange between USA and USSR to be about as likely as being assaulted by chainsaw-weilding ninjas. Today, at least.
I'd just as soon the damn things didn't exist, but I gear the man with one nuclear weapon, little to lose and an axe to grind more than the man who has much to lose and thousands of them.
I wish there were far fewer of the things, but total disarmament is not something I see ever happening. Yeah, it may be hypocritical of me to live in the USA and not want other countries to have them, but frankly, I wish we didn't either. Won't ever happen though.
Today, I consider a nuclear exchange between USA and USSR to be about as likely as being assaulted by chainsaw-weilding ninjas. Today, at least.
I'd just as soon the damn things didn't exist, but I gear the man with one nuclear weapon, little to lose and an axe to grind more than the man who has much to lose and thousands of them.
I wish there were far fewer of the things, but total disarmament is not something I see ever happening. Yeah, it may be hypocritical of me to live in the USA and not want other countries to have them, but frankly, I wish we didn't either. Won't ever happen though.
