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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

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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.

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