"The president needs to tell them if you cross these lines, this is what we’re going to do, and you have to then enforce it."
  • barrbaric [he/him]
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    28 days ago

    Let's also consider the stances of those countries on a nuclear first strike:

    • China: Unambiguous "No First Use", with no exceptions
    • Iran: Doesn't even have nukes and afaik has been cleared of ever trying to do so by international inspectors
    • Russia: Reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if WMD are deployed against itself or its allies or if the very existence of the state is threatened with conventional warfare
    • The US: Still has full first use.

    For fun, the other countries with nukes:

    • The UK: Has openly stated they will use nukes in a pre-emptive strike, officially has no stance on a "No First Use" policy in order to "keep its enemies guessing"
    • Israel: Doesn't have nukes (winkwinknudgenudge) but would 300% use them if they did
    • India: No first use against states without nukes
    • Pakistan: Full first use.
    • North Korea: First use if they get attacked