schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agoUS would "strenuously oppose" Poland or other European state developing nuclear weapons, says Pentagon officialnotesfrompoland.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down12
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkUS would "strenuously oppose" Poland or other European state developing nuclear weapons, says Pentagon officialnotesfrompoland.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-square73ms@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoI don’t know that people have ever risked millions of lives like that as would be the case here.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·59 minutes agoNobody knew if the atmosphere would burn when the first bomb was tested. The US did some maneuvers, including the Cuba crisis, that could have triggered nuclear war. Global warming puts humanity and nature as we know it at an existential risk. The housing crisis could have led to the collapse of the world economy which would have risked huge famines. WW2 Keeping the risks of smoking or soft drinks secret. Outsourcing pharmaceutical production lines to China.
I don’t know that people have ever risked millions of lives like that as would be the case here.
Nobody knew if the atmosphere would burn when the first bomb was tested.
The US did some maneuvers, including the Cuba crisis, that could have triggered nuclear war.
Global warming puts humanity and nature as we know it at an existential risk.
The housing crisis could have led to the collapse of the world economy which would have risked huge famines.
WW2
Keeping the risks of smoking or soft drinks secret.
Outsourcing pharmaceutical production lines to China.