3:21PM
Rationality revisited
Friday, March 10, 2006 at 3:21PM Mark 'ZenPundit' Safranski is a major friend of this weblog. That's part of what makes his disagreement with Tom on the issues of 'use' and 'rationality' when it comes to going nuclear even more interesting.
For one thing, he gives four examples of 'nuclear overconfidence or hubris causing negative effects short of WWIII'.
You should read it and the 13+ comments.
Tom's comment on Mark's post:
No offense to Mark, but these examples are all early nuke age ones and none pass the so-what test. There is nothing in anything Iran has done or said, all rhetorical flourishes aside, that signals they think they can survive nuclear war. Mao blew hot and cold on the subject too, but that didn't change the reality of nukes either.
Reader Comments (1)
Interesting blog - though still think Iran is getting nuke for diplomatic reasons. North Korea is suspected of having nukes and they have not used them yet but they are using it as bargaining chips in the six party talks. It certainly would be an interesting dynamic between a nuclear Iran and Israel with regards to Palestine.