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Pentagon Drafting New Nuclear Strategy To Expand Options for Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use (news.antiwar.com)
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The Pentagon is reportedly drafting a new nuclear strategy that’s expected to emphasize the use of tactical nuclear weapons to give the president more “options” in a potential nuclear conflict. The strategy, first reported by NBC News, is being drafted by the Pentagon’s policy chief, Elbridge Colby, who has for more than a decade called […]

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[–] PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you want to almost certainly get shot trying to kill one of these bastards, or almost certainly die in the aftermath of the nukes coming in?

Totally hypothetical lol.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem is that it's more like have a close to 100% chance of having your life and did ruined by standing up to them versus probably getting by like everybody else does if you don't.

[–] PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

But you don't get by. They're going to kill you either way.

Would you rather die like a western or like 'the road'?

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

North Korea also did this recently. They will now use nukes in response to leadership assassinations or kidnappings.

The US might be working that into the equation.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or he just really itching to drop a nuke on Iran.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

[–] that_lightnin@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

They're creepy and they're kooky, Mysterious and spooky, They're altogether ooky