How much do you worry about nuclear war?

Pwns · Post by **Pwns** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:27 am

Count me as just being a post-cold war baby if you want, but I don't worry that much about it.

I don't worry about war-profiteering oligarchs or dictators that only care about themselves because they know a nuclear war puts them effectively on the battlefield. They're going to be a lot more hesitant when they aren't just sending other people's kids to die fighitng.

The big worry is nuclear weapons getting into the hands of people that don't care what happens to anyone including themselves, like the Islamocrazies, but then again I think nuclear powers cooperate and take securing nukes very seriously. When the Soviet Union collapsed we apparently helped them in a time when their nukes would've been vulnerable.

CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:37 am

I worry about it more today than I ever did during the Cold War

We are not dealing with a rational actor in Moscow

It would only take a minor miscalculation for Putin to escalate this thing

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Pwns · Post by **Pwns** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:47 am

I think there's a good chance Putin wants us to think he's lost it because that will make us and everyone else in NATO a lot less aggressive.

Post by **Ibanez** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:57 am

I worry a little bit..about 3000% more than I did about terrorists following 9/11.

∞∞∞ · Post by **∞∞∞** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:00 am

No worries here; it's not like we can do anything about it.

Gil Dobie · Post by **Gil Dobie** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:11 am

∞∞∞ wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:00 am No worries here; it's not like we can do anything about it.

Great point!

Post by **Ibanez** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:37 am

∞∞∞ wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:00 am No worries here; it's not like we can do anything about it.

MAD!

Post by **HI54UNI** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:09 pm

I've thought about it more in the last week than I have in a long time. When I see idiots in Congress calling for no fly zones I worry about it more.

Post by **CAA Flagship** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:35 pm

Some. If it's up to just one person and he is suicidal, he'll want to take as many people as possible with him.

Post by **AZGrizFan** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:04 pm

Pwns wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:47 am I think there's a good chance Putin wants us to think he's lost it because that will make us and everyone else in NATO a lot less aggressive.

A play from Trump’s playbook?

Post by **Ivytalk** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:12 pm

Is that “pee in the butt” in Russian?

Post by **Ibanez** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:28 pm

AZGrizFan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:04 pm
Pwns wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:47 am I think there's a good chance Putin wants us to think he's lost it because that will make us and everyone else in NATO a lot less aggressive.
A play from Trump’s playbook?

He even has former Russian diplomats on edge.

Post by **AZGrizFan** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:04 pm

Ibanez wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:28 pm
AZGrizFan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:04 pm

A play from Trump’s playbook?
He even has former Russian diplomats on edge.

It’s like deja vu all over again!

CID1990 · Post by **CID1990** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:26 pm

Pwns wrote:I think there's a good chance Putin wants us to think he's lost it because that will make us and everyone else in NATO a lot less aggressive.

I promise you that is not the case

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Post by **SDHornet** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:56 pm

Not at all.

Post by **93henfan** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:02 pm

Volcanoes and New Jersey drivers pose a greater threat.

Winterborn · Post by **Winterborn** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:09 pm

I worry about nuclear war about as much as I worried about COVID.

They are both in the category of "its life" and I have bigger things to worry about (and worrying about it does nothing).

Things I worry about more: Enough Scotch in the cabinet, Steak in the fridge, Work deadlines, and keeping my plant alive.

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