French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that France will increase its nuclear arsenal and, for the first time, allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries, in a new strategy aimed at strengthening Europe’s independence.
Isn’t this a good thing though it allows Europe to be more independent and not get dragged into US wars.
Yes, it’s exactly that. It’s France showing the world that EU countries are just fine without the US, so no one—yku know who—should get any ideas.
Many on the left are under the misapprehension that being a pacifist must mean being defenceless.
Yes, the world is completely defenseless without nukes.
Go bring that sarcasm to Ukrainians - I’m sure they’ll love it.
It is a regrettable truth that the defensive posture of humanity, until everyone agrees to denuclearization, against nuclear warfare is the deterrance of Mutually Assured Destruction.
Not trying to make a political statement out of it. Just noticing the anxiety everything that happens in the world has produced over the last decades
The fact that the EU needs to defend itself adequately is not mutually exclusive with how all this nuclear proliferation lowers the birth rate.
If somebody’s not having kids because “nukes” then I suppose I’m happy they’re not reproducing.
I imagine for most, it’s the economy and enshitification of life in general.
Yeah I think this is much more of the case because nukes can be more of a distant thought since it hasn’t happened yet and people haven’t directly experienced it. Money and the high cost to do anything now I would say is a much bigger driver as people are experiencing that everyday and can’t afford to have a kid
France has like 300 warheads vs russian 4.5K, plus russians started proliferating first. I say let them do it, sow the wind and all that. Birthrate is gonna be shit anyway while we have billionaires
edit: if i were polish this nuclear proliferation would calm me down actually
What are you, 7?
they recently placed their nukes in belarus, wdym?