In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and DPRK.

tetris11 , 1 hour ago

so this document was just released to the press? God damn theater, posturing, all of it.

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S , 1 hour ago (edited 1 hour ago)

Vote Blue No Matter Who so that Bad Man doesn’t get into office and launch the nukes!

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What do you mean the Democrats are the ones planning to launch the nukes?!?

newnton , 1 hour ago

Tell me you didn’t read the article and don’t have any idea what you’re talking about without telling me you didn’t read the article and don’t have any idea what you’re talking about

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S , 55 minutes ago

I did read the article.

IMO any politician advocating for anything less than permanent global nuclear disarmament needs to have spitballs lobbed at them perpetually without debate.

While the Biden administration is not putting a date on when it will happen, they are not ruling out that they are willing (and more importantly able) to nuke the planet if something offends them.

I acknowledge that this is not some bombshell piece of news because it is “normal”, i.e. the US military plans for various invasions and scenarios that they supposedly don’t intend to act on. But this kind of anti-social behavior is not only allowed, but publicly funded as if it’s supposed to benefit everyone. I’m calling it out precisely because it is normal.

My point is the fact that if you believe in nuclear nonproliferation, voting for either candidate won’t move the needle on the issue.