NUCLEAR ASSURED DESTRUCTION

 

I have often written about the human race’s march toward annihilation: overpopulation, climate change, a meteor storm, an asteroid strike, the danger of sentient GAI; but the real Damocles' sword is a human race hardwired for violence and war, with aging, psychotic, religious, geopolitical leaders, launching one or more of the 12,000 nuclear warheads that now exist.

 

Countries in NATO have had no reason to pursue nuclear armament, as they have felt protected under the United States nuclear umbrella and the NATO alliance.

 

Now, with the threats of withdrawal from NATO and the removal of troops from Germany and Poland, countries can no longer count on America’s commitments of shared protection. We are increasing the chances for a new nuclear arms race, and may see a renewed effort to acquire nuclear weapons by countries across the globe to ensure their own sovereignty.

 

Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, Finland, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Iran; each feeling vulnerable without a nuclear weapon.   

 

Look what happened to Ukraine.  They had nuclear weapons, but disarmed between 1994 and 2001.  Had they maintained their nuclear arsenal, Russia would not have attacked.

 

Every new nuclear-capable entity will exponentially increase the danger of a nuclear exchange.

 

We are not eternal. 

the OL’Buzzard

 

PRESIDENT TRUMP STRIKES IRAN'S NUCLEAR SITES

 

Donald Trump is an ignorant megalomaniac, a self-serving buffoon.  There is nothing he has done during his presidency that I agree with - until now.

 

The most dangerous threat to human existence is not global warming or AI; it is an unstable man or a religious fanatic with a nuclear weapon.

The Middle East is a region of turmoil and religious mania, destabilizing the entire world.

 

Nations have pussyfooted long enough, trying to delay Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon.

Iran can not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon – ever - as it would bring the whole world one step closer to nuclear annihilation.

 

Finally, someone, Donald Trump, has taken a decisive step to prevent Iran from ever developing a nuclear weapon.  

How much safer are we?

 

The largest nuclear bomb ever exploded was Russia’s Tsar bomb in 1961, releasing the power of 50 million tons of TNT.  Today’s nuclear weapons range from 1.2 megatons to …? 

 

There are enough nuclear weapons in existence today to destroy the entire world one hundred times over.

 

 

It could start with the use of ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons, the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.   Then escalate. 

 

Look at the history of mankind.  How long will it be? 

the Ol'Buzzard