Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:49:23 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <20240913a@crcomp.net> <20240915a@crcomp.net> <20240916a@crcomp.net> <92767bb42bc741f813f2a5a131e0ce5e@www.novabbs.com> <87f009da-0417-4d4a-94c6-ad6bd3a349cc@mouse-potato.com> <8b755eba95186c8af840740f46071984@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:49:24 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="08c8d33650c99d4d78664ffbf758ba19"; logging-data="758442"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+5mMDzwuR22w35FkYVC2hLdeIhcJkwvh8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Dl+fZ6tHe0/iLC7WdFjdPA3BgOA= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3870 On 9/18/2024 11:06 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > On 9/18/24 16:51, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> On 9/18/2024 6:39 AM, quadibloc wrote: >>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 3:46:12 +0000, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>> >>>>     Then of course we have the imbeciles in charge of the bits >>>> of the great planet who simply must maintain nuclear deterrence so >>>> maybe we will be extinct of ourselves before our fossil follies >>>> do us in. >>> >>> Although I agree with much of what you have written, the phrasing of >>> this does not sound right to me. >>> >>> It implies that it would be a good thing if Joseph Robinette Biden >>> decided to stop being imbecilic, and unilaterally abolished the >>> nuclear capabilities of the United States of America. >>> >>> When, of course, it is obvious that the result of doing so would be >>> to bring into existence a world utterly dominated by the cruel >>> tyrants Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. >>> >>> The problem is their fault. The problem is that evil dictators have >>> their hands on nuclear weapons, which keeps the world in a dangerous >>> situation. >>> >>> We are stuck in an unpleasant situation that is not of our making, and >>> we are trying to make the best we can of it; to survive and remain >>> free. >>> >>> John Savard >> >> At least ten countries have nuclear weapons: USA, Russia, China, >> United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Pakistan, Israel, Turkey. >> >> Several other countries are rumored to have nuclear weapons: Taiwan, >> South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Poland, North Korea, Cuba, etc. >> >> Lynn >> > > Israel is presumed to have Nuclear weapons. North Korea definitely has > them. Iran is trying to get theirs built but Western nations and > Israelis seem to be interfering with that objective. > >     I doubt Cuba is wasting it time and money on nuclear weapons > as they seem unaggressive except on the PR front as they send doctors > and other medical personnel to African nations at times. > >     bliss At one point, Cuba had several nuclear weapons installed by the Russians. It caused the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, maybe you have heard of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis I have no idea if those Russian nuclear weapons were actually removed or not. Note, there were both nuclear missiles and nuclear bombers in Cuba. Lynn