Why do people think nuclear war is unwinnable?

[Reaganfan]

Far smaller wars fought with far less destructive wars proved unwinnable. If one nuke goes off in the middle of a Chicago killing 1 million people it would be the worst event in U.S. history. The real question is, why are people suddenly so bloodthirsty?

Funny you mentioned this, Beet.

I was having a conversation the other day and I mentioned how cold and uncaring we used to be, compared to today.

I mean, consider during my Grandparents teen years, just two generations removed from me, the world situation of WW2. We dropped bombs over Tokyo at 7,000 feet. Tokyo was boiling. Literally. Dresden bombing. The Brits bombed by night, but America, hell, we did it in broad daylight. We just didn't give a crap.

Japanese Americans? Lock them up. Can't take the risk. That was the reality of the 1940s. We got a nuke? Drop it on Japan. No holds barred.

We considered not even allowing Germany to be a nation after the war. There were very frank and honest discussions in the White House as to whether or not Germany should even be allowed to be anything more than just an agricultural state. (Morgenthau Plan)

Roosevelt said, A better policy would have the Germans "fed three times a day with soup from Army soup kitchens" so "they will remember that experience the rest of their lives."

People on this message board from Germany should feel thankful that Truman even allowed Germany to be a country after the war.

You think we are bloodthirsty today? No way.

[Reaganfan]

Far smaller wars fought with far less destructive wars proved unwinnable. If one nuke goes off in the middle of a Chicago killing 1 million people it would be the worst event in U.S. history. The real question is, why are people suddenly so bloodthirsty?

Funny you mentioned this, Beet.

I was having a conversation the other day and I mentioned how cold and uncaring we used to be, compared to today.

I mean, consider during my Grandparents teen years, just two generations removed from me, the world situation of WW2. We dropped bombs over Tokyo at 7,000 feet. Tokyo was boiling. Literally. Dresden bombing. The Brits bombed by night, but America, hell, we did it in broad daylight. We just didn't give a crap.

Japanese Americans? Lock them up. Can't take the risk. That was the reality of the 1940s. We got a nuke? Drop it on Japan. No holds barred.

We considered not even allowing Germany to be a nation after the war. There were very frank and honest discussions in the White House as to whether or not Germany should even be allowed to be anything more than just an agricultural state. (Morgenthau Plan)

Roosevelt said, A better policy would have the Germans "fed three times a day with soup from Army soup kitchens" so "they will remember that experience the rest of their lives."

People on this message board from Germany should feel thankful that Truman even allowed Germany to be a country after the war.

You think we are bloodthirsty today? No way.

Well perhaps there is some progress.

[Reaganfan]

Being completely honest, I just think of all these conflicts and crisis' as continually kicking the can down the road. We used to kick a** and not care about the world reaction. Think about it. For 20+ years we can't even secure the southern border of our country. We can't figure out health care.

In just five years we went from depression and having the 19th ranked Army in the world to defacto global superpower.

We used to kick butt. What happened? Seriously? Regulations? Rules? Political correctness? Globalization?

[Reaganfan]

Far smaller wars fought with far less destructive wars proved unwinnable. If one nuke goes off in the middle of a Chicago killing 1 million people it would be the worst event in U.S. history. The real question is, why are people suddenly so bloodthirsty?

Funny you mentioned this, Beet.

I was having a conversation the other day and I mentioned how cold and uncaring we used to be, compared to today.

I mean, consider during my Grandparents teen years, just two generations removed from me, the world situation of WW2. We dropped bombs over Tokyo at 7,000 feet. Tokyo was boiling. Literally. Dresden bombing. The Brits bombed by night, but America, hell, we did it in broad daylight. We just didn't give a crap.

Japanese Americans? Lock them up. Can't take the risk. That was the reality of the 1940s. We got a nuke? Drop it on Japan. No holds barred.

We considered not even allowing Germany to be a nation after the war. There were very frank and honest discussions in the White House as to whether or not Germany should even be allowed to be anything more than just an agricultural state. (Morgenthau Plan)

Roosevelt said, A better policy would have the Germans "fed three times a day with soup from Army soup kitchens" so "they will remember that experience the rest of their lives."

People on this message board from Germany should feel thankful that Truman even allowed Germany to be a country after the war.

You think we are bloodthirsty today? No way.

Yikes dude. What is it with you and waxing nostalgic for the days of Japanese internment camps?

It's my way of saying if you think Trump is tough, Trump is weak compared to our past leaders. I would even venture to say, Trump is more the normal President than Obama was. See article below:

In normal times, Trumpism -- again, the agenda as opposed to Trump the person -- might be old hat. But after the last eight years, his correction has enraged millions.

For all the hysteria over the bluntness of the mercurial Trump, his agenda marks a return to what used to be seen as fairly normal, as the U.S. goes from hard left back to the populist center.

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