"We're on the brink of nuclear war and Donald Trump is to blame - hear me out." (hexbear.net)

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A war is raging in the Middle East, and Iran is on the brink of getting nuclear weapons.  Donald Trump is responsible for this dangerous development because his administration withdrew, in 2018, from the U.S.-Iranian nuclear deal that restricted Tehran's ability to make highly enriched uranium bomb material.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors in Iran verified that Tehran was in compliance, but then-President Donald Trump claimed that he, the self-proclaimed “master of the deal,” would get a better agreement.

He did not. 

Of course it isn't Israel being belligerant af. It's evil Tehran and the Orange Man who are responsible.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 months ago

What the fuck does he study anyway? There's one example in history of nukes being used and a couple examples of nukes being stopped by individual discretion by people in a military chain of command. That's it.

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

I guess there's stuff like various treaties to consider, but the movie WarGames taught me nuclear war was bad, so I probably have a better take than him.

[-] Des@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

ive read nearly every declassified text i can get my hands on about nuclear tests, bomb effects, etc

so i guess i am one of these too

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some interesting excerpts from his CV (disclaimer: I have not read any of these and don't plan to. Interpretation of my choices is left as an exercise to the reader)

"Are Belligerent Reprisals against Civilians Legal?" (2021)
"Weighing Lives in War: How National Identity Influences American Public Opinion about Foreign Civilian and Compatriot Fatalities" (2020)
"What do Americans really think about conflict with nuclear North Korea? The answer is both reassuring and disturbing" (2019)
"The Face of Battle without the Rules of War: Lessons from Red Horse & the Battle of Little Bighorn" (2017)
"Should the U.S. or International Community Aggressively Pursue Nuclear Nonproliferation Policies? ‘Yes’ Argument" (2009)
"How to Keep the Bomb from Iran" (2006)