The Profoundly Stupid Narrative That Nuclear Brinkmanship Is Safety And De Escalation Is Danger
Channel: Caitlin Johnstone
Date: 2022-10-18

Of all the face-meltingly stupid narratives that have been circulated about the US proxy war in Ukraine, the dumbest so far has got to be the increasingly common claim that aggressively escalating nuclear brinkmanship is safety and de-escalation is danger.

We see a prime example of this self-evidently idiotic narrative in a new Business Insider article titled "Putin's nuclear threats are pushing people like Trump and Elon Musk to press for a Ukraine peace deal. A nuclear expert warns that's 'dangerous.'"

Reading by Tim Foley.

Article with links: https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/the-profoundly-stupid-narrative-that

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