If you determine that your enemy will escalate to de-escalate by using nukes as the least-bad-option then you will logically determine that doing so first is also the least-bad-option.
The logical outcome of this way of thinking is that you should nuke first.
If you determine that your enemy will escalate to de-escalate by using nukes as the least-bad-option then you will logically determine that doing so first is also the least-bad-option.
The logical outcome of this way of thinking is that you should nuke first.