Maybe instead of debating how far to extend our “nuclear umbrella” we should be re-thinking the morality of nuclear retaliation itself. Is it ok to threaten our enemies (real or potential) with mass, indiscriminate slaughter?
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal
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[…] should approach the use of military force in the Middle East. Lee McCracken, meanwhile, suggests an even more fundamental one: Maybe instead of debating how far to extend our “nuclear umbrella” we should be re-thinking […]
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