Germany is at a crossroads when it comes to its security policy — one of the deepest upheavals of the post-War era.

  • NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    They just had an election where the second most popular party was an extreme-right-wing pack of lunatics. What happens when they win the next election?

    You cannot afford to have nuclear weapons when you can’t be sure who’s going to have control of them.

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      7 days ago

      If Putin and the USA already have them, isn’t that hypothetical too far off when assessing risk?

      There’s a strong counter movement to the right. I’d rather have a strong deterrent against Putin than not. It’s pretty obvious to me what the more immediate and more realistic risk is.