Obviously, I don't go into these discussions thinking that I am going to convince you or others committed to the deterrence position to get behind preventive war. But these discussions can nonetheless be clarifying for people who are more open to persuasion (either way).https://twitter.com/wellerstein/status/1015044576485232640 …
you've also gotta admit, straight up, that your own "rational" approach would have led to a slaughter that would have made WWII look tame, and possibly (depends on the megatonnage) put much of the world at risk anyway from the knock-off effects.
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Wait—I think this is your approach! The world was definitely at high risk during Cold War. A nuke exchange in 1983 would indeed have made WW2 look tame, and knock on effects would have put much of the world at risk
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Because I think doing so makes it clear that your approach to this has some issues to work out.
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(While you're at it, your model also would suggest preemptively attacking Pakistan, would it not? For is the risk of terrorist acquisition not non-zero? What are the long-term odds that UK, France, India, and Israel will remain permanent US allies? Where does such logic end?)
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(Separately, I don't think dismissing people with relevant expertise who disagree with you as being not "open to persuasion" is a very intellectually rigorous approach. I'm pretty open to persuasion. The logic needs to be good though. This is half-baked, and irresponsibly so.)
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