"I believe that nuclear weapons, terrible as they are, bring about peace to a certain extent, as long as rational actors are involved. Nobody wants to die in a fiery ball of plasma."
Yeah, "as long as rational actors are involved". But people do go crazy. Like the pilot who decided to do suicide and take the whole plane with them. And some mad dictator, who developes late stage cancer and feels like he has nothing left to loose and feels betrayed by everyone also might say, fuck it.
Then there are religious nuts, who hide their fanatism, till they are in control. The world was already close to someone pushing the button too many times, but yes prevented by some rational actors, but I do not see, how we can take it for granted, that it always stays like it.
Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, given enough time.
Yeah, "as long as rational actors are involved". But people do go crazy. Like the pilot who decided to do suicide and take the whole plane with them. And some mad dictator, who developes late stage cancer and feels like he has nothing left to loose and feels betrayed by everyone also might say, fuck it. Then there are religious nuts, who hide their fanatism, till they are in control. The world was already close to someone pushing the button too many times, but yes prevented by some rational actors, but I do not see, how we can take it for granted, that it always stays like it.
Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, given enough time.