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Do Nuclear Weapons Really Deter Aggression?
Doomsday weapons have not stopped war, even when they should have, imagine that.
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This article is not very believable.
Only unless you believe that butterflys in China flapping their wings makes a difference.
Conspicuously absent in this type discussion is a land mass identified by state lovers as "Switzerland". The governing agency there is nondescript by most standards, (weak "central government"). Adults -- both male and female, I think -- are encouraged to be armed to the teeth and to have ongoing training in whetting their skills in the use of those firearms. There seems to be a "law" to that effect, but I rather question its enforceability due to weak or nonexistent governing "powers".
Switzerland, as I understand it, has an extremely low "crime rate", and is never attacked by anybody. I suspect it is for the same reason I refrain from attacking nests of rattle snakes and yellow jackets.
Sam