Originally Posted by
METO Guido
Yes. Totally agree. Deterrence these days is just another euphemism for wild a$$ guessing and everybody knows it. Almost everybody. Any number of cause/effect outcomes are now conceivable. Except of course a land for peace deal. Not bloody likely. No matter what general’s plan as Russia continues to blast crap out of Ukraine right into year 4. All of it rationalized with contemptuous mockery and a bottomless bucket of cynical, absurd lies.
And as nuclear proliferation continues (the A-bomb is 80 year old technology after all) the likelihood of catastrophic misjudgment only gets more likely.