Comments on: Tactical nuclear war, Wykeham-Barnes concluded, favored the aggressor

By: T. Beholder

T. Beholder — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:28:41 +0000

Wanweilin says:

Not so with pure Islam since their theology/ideology encourages destruction to bring in the Mahdi and end times.

Ah, like all those other troubles because of the evil homophobes out there in the sands. Like, two World Wars, or teh New World Order, or decolonization, or Net Zero… oh wait.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:06:27 +0000

I’m reminded of the propaganda against the neutron bomb, which was designed to stop an armored assault while leaving no long-term contamination.

By: Wanweilin

Wanweilin — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:05:59 +0000

MAD is a bitch, but at least rational enough to hold off nuclear war. Not so with pure Islam since their theology/ideology encourages destruction to bring in the Mahdi and end times.

By: McChuck

McChuck — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:25:09 +0000

“I can understand the West German public being opposed to Soviet nuclear weapons, but it doesn’t sound like a lack of American nuclear weapons would protect them.”

That being the point of the propaganda and Soviet-funded “grassroots” movements.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:09:38 +0000

The question is from what were American nuclear weapons protecting the West Germans? In 1955, the wall had not yet been built. Hence, there were millions living in East Germany that did not simply flee to the West. This suggests it wasn’t so bad in East Germany, at least in comparison to being nuked.

After the wall was built, the situation was arguably different as people in East Germany no longer could flee (sure there was the occasional daring escape, but there was a comparable number of people who were shot when they tried).

Nonethless, the public mood about nuclear weapons did not turn when the wall was built. If anything, the public in West Germany become even more opposed to them. West Germans knew that East Germans were poor, but the average man was not starving, had a wife and children.

So West German opinion generally was that Soviet rule over West Germany would mean poverty for all, reeducation camps for some and a bullet for very few. For most West Germans that sounded a lot better than being nuked.

Most men are content if they don’t starve, get a wife and can raise a few children.