Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, move, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, protect, rollback, Administrators, template
294,287
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 5:
Line 5: + + − While American [[public school]]s and [[media]] promoted the [[climate hoax]] after the [[Cold War]] as the biggest threat to the planet, in 2006 the official rag of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] ''Foreign Policy'' published an article by Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press titled, ''The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy.'' Here’s what Lieber and Press imparted on their readers:+ −
no edit summary
{{clear}}
{{clear}}
==Post-Cold War American nuclear primacy fantasies==
==Post-Cold War American nuclear primacy fantasies==
While American [[public school]]s and [[media]] promoted the [[climate hoax]] after the [[Cold War]] as the biggest threat to the planet, in 2006 the official rag of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] ''Foreign Policy'' published an article by Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press titled, ''The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy.'' Here’s what Lieber and Press imparted on their readers:
[[File:Screenshot 17-9-2026 14847.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Russia]] was the only regional state to cut [[military]] spending between 2015 and 2022 after the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] in 2014.]]
[[File:Screenshot 17-9-2026 14847.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Russia]] was the only regional state to cut [[military]] spending between 2015 and 2022 after the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] in 2014.]]
{{quotebox-float|During the Cold War, many [[scholar]]s and [[policy]] analysts believed that [[MAD]] made the world relatively stable and [[peace]]ful because it induced great caution in [[international politics]], discouraged the use of nuclear threats to resolve disputes, and generally restrained the [[superpower]]s' [[behavior]]. … This debate may now seem like ancient history…
{{quotebox|During the Cold War, many [[scholar]]s and [[policy]] analysts believed that [[MAD]] made the world relatively stable and [[peace]]ful because it induced great caution in [[international politics]], discouraged the use of nuclear threats to resolve disputes, and generally restrained the [[superpower]]s' [[behavior]]. … This debate may now seem like ancient history…
Today, for the first time in almost 50 years, the [[United States]] stands on the verge of attaining nuclear primacy. It will probably soon be possible for the United States to destroy the long-range nuclear arsenals of Russia or China with a first strike. … Unless [[Washington, D.C.|Washington's]] policies change … [[Russia]] and [[China]] -- and the rest of the world -- will live in the shadow of [[U.S. nuclear primacy]] for many years to come.<ref>https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/fa/fa_marapr06/fa_marapr06d.html</ref>}}
Today, for the first time in almost 50 years, the [[United States]] stands on the verge of attaining nuclear primacy. It will probably soon be possible for the United States to destroy the long-range nuclear arsenals of Russia or China with a first strike. … Unless [[Washington, D.C.|Washington's]] policies change … [[Russia]] and [[China]] -- and the rest of the world -- will live in the shadow of [[U.S. nuclear primacy]] for many years to come.<ref>https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/fa/fa_marapr06/fa_marapr06d.html</ref>}}