Dark clouds loom

[farmgirl]

www.newsweek.com/harvard-urgent-nuclear-war-warning-dark-clouds-russia-china-north-korea-1914913

A Harvard professor has warned the world is dangerously close to nuclear war at a time when leading experts key to preventing such conflicts are "aging out," pleading with leaders to urgently seek help from a new generation of scientists and engineers.

[solargeek]

Yikes. Thank you for posting

[sunny225]

scientists and engineers?? what about people who don't have dementia and do have common sense?

[Ozarks Tom]

Newsweek is behind a paywall for me, couldn't read the article. But yea, the incompetence on all sides is astounding, and you'd think cooler and more rational heads would prevail, but thinking long-term about short-term actions doesn't seem to be any leader's strong suit.

As I've seen it for a long time is the presence of the State Department in military decision making is a recipe for disaster. Look no further than the Afghanistan debacle, wholly owned by the "diplomats" start to finish. For "statesmen" the idea of "brinkmanship", pushing and threatening as a means to an agreement is the height of success at their trade, and disastrous for everyone else if it fails. Pushing an adversary up to the "brink", with false confidence that said adversary will "chicken" isn't something to be left up to people with no skin in the game.

[Jolly]

As long as the U.S. and the Soviet Union had nukes and a way to deliver them, we've always been on the brink of a nuclear war. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, we were hanging out toes over the ledge.

Now, the nuclear club has grown, but people haven't gotten any smarter. And since this old world is doomed to end in fire, I wouldn't lose sleep over it. Just live life the best you can. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

As a wise man named K once said, "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!"

If nuclear war happens, ain't much we can do about it. Just pray you get lucky and die quickly.

[Txsteader]

If nuclear war happens, ain't much we can do about it. Just pray you get lucky and die quickly.

Yep, because who in their right mind would want to survive the devastation? Only those who are stupid enough to think they've got it all figured out.

[wildhorseluvr]

Jun 22, 2024 11:35:18 GMT Txsteader said:

If nuclear war happens, ain't much we can do about it. Just pray you get lucky and die quickly.

Yep, because who in their right mind would want to survive the devastation? Only those who are stupid enough to think they've got it all figured out.

My dad ran the data processing center at Boeing and when I was young I remember asking him at one point the sanity of living in an area that would be a prime target if the nukes started flying. He told me we would be the lucky ones.

[farmgirl]

I don't think it will matter if one wants to survive it, but there will be those who do survive it if it ever does happen.

At the other forum I read at, there's a member that owns a company that specializes in all things survival. He says a nuclear aftermath is very survivable if you prepare before it happens. Here's his website:
www.ki4u.com/who.htm

[rybach]

Yep, it's probably inevitable. Not much sense worrying about it. I have basic nuclear preps in case I am left standing afterward, but I'd rather not be. It's very survivable if you're far enough away, but it will be extremely unpleasant for a while.