This is going to lead to nuclear proliferation, I believe. Few, if any, countries can match the US military machine, so the only way to deter it Is to invest in a weapon that even the United States cannot defend against.

There might be other ways that nations might collectively deter an aggressive United States, but this is the only way I can see many isolated nations being able to defend themselves.

I think we can already see many so-called rogue nations following this path and trying to acquire atomic weapons. This will just make it worse.

I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I don't think I am, though.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

did you ever notice that all the nations that pursue this course of action are labeled as "rogue nations"?

it's like they've successfully convinced their people with their own propaganda that whomever doesn't toe the american/western hegemony narrative is a "rogue nation". lol

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it's that propaganda and the world view it propagates leads to all these military interventions that have gone so well for everyone. It's also telling that interventions only occur when it's in the interest of the intervening nation, and any perceived positives for the recipients are dubious, at best. Times when the international community needs to do something, like in cases of genocide, don't seem to be important enough to warrant much of a response except for hand-wringing and virtue signaling in the aftermath.