These new cold warriors are trying to normalize the idea that it's okay for a nuclear power to get backed into a corner. This is exactly what JFK warned about. If there was any sort of disarmament movement anymore, they wouldn't be getting away with it. But it's just not in style: https://punditman.substack.com/p/unchecked-militarism-is-all-the-rage
I critiqued Snyder here:
https://punditman.substack.com/p/punditman-critiques-ukraine-subject
These new cold warriors are trying to normalize the idea that it's okay for a nuclear power to get backed into a corner. This is exactly what JFK warned about. If there was any sort of disarmament movement anymore, they wouldn't be getting away with it. But it's just not in style: https://punditman.substack.com/p/unchecked-militarism-is-all-the-rage
Yes, it was the Cuban Missile Crisis that shocked both the US and Russia into moving on formal nuclear arms control for the first time.