I thought they'd see that it's relatively easy to seem tough, without starting an all-out war. Plenty of Presidents have managed it.
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I also worry that the American populace's lack of real understanding the nature of the nuclear era has made them brittle to risk.
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That they think a nuclear-armed DPRK makes them much more threatened than before. Rather than just a bit more. That they were never safe.
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I don't think we'll ever live in a world where the nuclear risks of this sort will ever diminish. I'm not that optimistic.
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But there are more and less dangerous times, even if the danger is never zero. Right now, the danger feels very high. Unacceptably high.
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I hope I'm wrong. We'll see. I hope that those who are in positions of amplified power act reasonably. But, again, I'm not an optimist.
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