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| betacon said: Yea nar, worse than the height of the cold war I don't think so. |
It could probably be somehow argued that the situation actually is worse, but I'm not going to do that because it's not my point. Our understanding of the world has probably evolved a lot ever since, so it's also quite possible the numbers aren't directly comparable. However, what's important here is the direction of the change: it says we've moved a bit to the worse direction.
| KingofTrolls said: If Trump will make a pact with Putin ( what is very possible ) there is no threat at all. |
Sure, to the US. If the US ignores the rest of the world just to ensure its own peace, it leaves Russia with more room to act according to its own interests, which seem to be related to other nations quite often. I'm sure we can both agree that what (and is still happening, to an extent) happened in Ukraine did not make the world a more peaceful place.
| numberwang said: Meanwhile in reality the DEFCON level has been lowered to the safest level because of the deescalation by Trump with nuclear Russia. Defcon nuclear threat REDUCED to safest level following Donald Trump victoryhttp://www.express.co.uk/news/world/732135/donald-trump-election-defcon-reduced-level-5-safest-level |
That's a fully American point of view. There sure is almost no (direct) threat against the US if Trump leaves other nations free to do whatever they wish among each other. The doomsday clock is looking at the big picture though, which is a different thing.
