I know this is NCD but ability to make a dirty bomb or deploy WMDs on the battlefield or in strategic theater use is not at all the same thing as MAD. Iraq had no space program, no long range strategic bombers, no nothing of the sort. (They also didn’t have WMDs at that point in time though so…). The concern was that Iraq could use WMDs to harm its neighbors, its own populace, or to enable terrorist groups to use smuggled WMDs. Even the WMD tipped SCUDS Iraq used to have were no real threat to the US troops.
I didn’t really say that the fear was that they would launch WMDs at a specific target.
I made no comment about how they would be used by Iraq forces if they did have them.
I’m just saying.
I did, however, very clearly state that Russia is primed and ready to blow up America on a whim (or at least, try to… Honestly, I hope I never find out which it is). So preventing another country from developing nuclear technology is essentially playground bullying on an international level… I’m not trying to imply that they shouldn’t investigate when a country starts building possibly dangerous military technology. However, clear parallels can be drawn to playground games like “keep array”
I know this is NCD but ability to make a dirty bomb or deploy WMDs on the battlefield or in strategic theater use is not at all the same thing as MAD. Iraq had no space program, no long range strategic bombers, no nothing of the sort. (They also didn’t have WMDs at that point in time though so…). The concern was that Iraq could use WMDs to harm its neighbors, its own populace, or to enable terrorist groups to use smuggled WMDs. Even the WMD tipped SCUDS Iraq used to have were no real threat to the US troops.
I didn’t really say that the fear was that they would launch WMDs at a specific target.
I made no comment about how they would be used by Iraq forces if they did have them.
I’m just saying.
I did, however, very clearly state that Russia is primed and ready to blow up America on a whim (or at least, try to… Honestly, I hope I never find out which it is). So preventing another country from developing nuclear technology is essentially playground bullying on an international level… I’m not trying to imply that they shouldn’t investigate when a country starts building possibly dangerous military technology. However, clear parallels can be drawn to playground games like “keep array”