Learning from History – Nukes

Written by rintrah and Posted in World, keeper - unsorted

What is to be learned from WWII? That appeasement does not work? How about the cold war? That Mutually Assured Destruction is a valid policy? And now, how about North Korea?

We are not appeasing Mr. Kim. We are not letting him join in the MAD fun. We are insuring that North Korea constantly feels threatened. It is not for sure that he would use nukes. But the more he is provoked the more likely it is that he would use them if given the chance. He is a cornered animal.

I do not believe that violence ever solves anything. But is it possible that some of the crazies might become more sane if allowed to join the insane fun of nuclear proliferation? Is it possible that some of the despots are sociopaths as a result of how we are treating them?

I don’t believe there is comfortable solution. I also don’t believe that anyone in power has spent any real time trying to learn from the mistakes of the past. The lessons which have been learned so far are not the only lessons available, they are the easy answers which support the ideas we were already clinging to.