Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I think it’s incredibly stupid to keep betting on other people’s sense of self-preservation as a cornerstone of foreign policy. Sure we can destroy other countries but if there’s anything Americans should be able to understand is that there are plenty of people willing to be destroyed just for the chance to pop off. Covid may have distracted the really theatrical mass shooters but parties and whatever are still ending in gunfire weekly if not daily. The idea that heads of state and military leaders with sufficient autonomy won’t go ham and turn NY and DC into Hiroshimas shows a profound misunderstanding of human nature. Lots of mother****ers are ready to die.