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We May Be at a Greater Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Than During the Cold War, by Conn Hallinan

The next president needs to turn down the heat on the US-Russia relationship, or we could all end up nuclear detritus. The answer as to which candidate is more likely to do so is obvious: Trump, which is probably reason enough to vote for him. An excellent article from Conn Hallinan at antiwar.com:

“Today, the danger of some sort of a nuclear catastrophe is greater than it was during the Cold War,” warns William Perry, “and most people are blissfully unaware of this danger.”

A former U.S. defense secretary from 1994 to 1997, Perry has been an inside player in the business of nuclear weapons for over 60 years. And his book, My Journey at the Nuclear Brink, is a sober read. It’s also a powerful counterpoint to NATO’s current European strategy, which envisions nuclear weapons as a deterrent to war: The purpose of nukes “is to prevent major war, not to wage wars,” argues the Alliance’s magazine, NATO Review.

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