In Japan and South Korea there is deepening concern over the reliability of long-time American security guarantees – whether the U.S. will come to their aid in the event of a war. This has been turbo-charged by Donald Trump’s tough treatment of traditional U.S. allies, which has some in Tokyo and Seoul calling for a reassessment of their non-nuclear policies.

  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    You know who really needs the bomb? Canada needs the bomb. It has a hostile authoritarian military superpower on its border with 10x the population, hostile trade relations, and a stated intention by national leaders to invade and conquer core Canadian territories. Canada is in the exact situation where a nuclear deterrent is most justifiable. If nukes are ever justifiable, they’re justifiable for small powers facing potential invasion by aggressive larger ones.

    Canada needs the bomb.

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      4 hours ago

      That’s the difference between Obama’s stance of “we won’t use the bomb if you don’t have it” and trump/Putin’s “we won’t take you seriously if you don’t have the bomb”

      One encourages disarmormebt. The other armorment