==Post-Cold War American nuclear primacy fantasies==
==Post-Cold War American nuclear primacy fantasies==
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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 magazine|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:
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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:
{{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…
{{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…