I agree that proliferation is bad but so far the only country that has been willing to use nukes is the US... and they may do it again on Iran, so unironically, the US is the country that just elected somebody willing to use them.
This is a narrative we need to stop. We all are aware of the arms race that led up the using dropping the atomic bombs.
Despite its destruction it ended a war that had for more casualties and usher in the l9ngedt period of sustained peace in modern history.
Yes, it was an arrogant show of power that led to the loss of lives. Objectively killing 200k people mostly civilians is an atrocity. But we're talking about 200k out of the 85 million people who died in ww2.
And we should always note that it hasn't been used since.
When Russia threatened to use them in Ukraine, Biden's response was not to nuke them back, it was to destroy every launching facilities in Russia because the point of having nukes is not to use them, it's supposed to act as deterrent.
Doesn't this strengthen my point. More nukes means a higher chance of nukes being used?
am not saying South Korea or Saudi Arabia (or Iran) SHOULD have nukes. I'm saying that any country watching the current events and that has hostile countries around can only come to the conclusion that nukes is the best tool to protect your sovereignity if you have the GDP to build the program.
From my perspective it seems that countries fighting hard to get nukes end up doing more harm to their citizens than good.
North Korea.
Iran.
Iraq.
