Given Japan's unique history in 1945, it will take more than fear or harsh rhetoric to push the country into considering the development of nuclear weapons.

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When the world’s de facto “sheriff” for the past 80 years steps down, does that return us to a lawlessness like that of the 1800s Wild West, where every town had to find its own lawman?

  • eran_morad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I see the strongest possible rationale for development of nukes by countries like Japan, Ukraine, Poland, Australia. They’d be fucking stupid not to have 50 or 100 nukes at the ready.

  • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I guess all those Godzilla movies weren’t enough to teach them about the hazards of nuclear weapons. This is all our fault. We failed them. Godzilla will happen and it will be a direct result of Trump’s incompetence.