Reagan tried this. (Berlin Wall speech; Star Wars bluff; invade Grenada without apology; many thought he was bat-sh*t crazy and so, yeah, in a temporary sense, it succeeded. But after a few hopeful decades (e.g., Francis Fukayama's "The End of History") well... just look around.
Jesus, being God Almighty, is hardly a pacifist. He "nuked" Sodom and Gomorrah but good. (A painstakingly researched 2021 paper in Nature estimates that the airburst bolide was 25 Megatons, splashing the Dead Sea, shattering skulls, melting pottery, and rendering the region infertile for centuries.) But tactically (and graciously) after that demonstration of what He *could* do, He took a counter-intuitive tack for a time. Born as a man and dying also as a man, it looked like his approach was a pacifist failure. Yet it has succeeded, quietly but mightily, and it will succeed, ultimately, with a fiery final "bang" bigger than the sum-total of all nuclear weapons ever conceived. https://nasb.literalword.com/?q=2+Peter+3%3A3-13%2C+Revelation+20%3A9
IMAO was one of my favorite sites back in college. This essay is still great. I see no reason why we should not pursue this clearly viable avenue for world peace.
OMG this essay is the whole reason I have followed you over the years, and here it is, republished! Kewwwwwl.
Nuke the Moon, a.k.a., A Realistic Plan for World Peace, a.k.a., Frank's backup article for when he's too busy this week.
Reagan tried this. (Berlin Wall speech; Star Wars bluff; invade Grenada without apology; many thought he was bat-sh*t crazy and so, yeah, in a temporary sense, it succeeded. But after a few hopeful decades (e.g., Francis Fukayama's "The End of History") well... just look around.
Jesus, being God Almighty, is hardly a pacifist. He "nuked" Sodom and Gomorrah but good. (A painstakingly researched 2021 paper in Nature estimates that the airburst bolide was 25 Megatons, splashing the Dead Sea, shattering skulls, melting pottery, and rendering the region infertile for centuries.) But tactically (and graciously) after that demonstration of what He *could* do, He took a counter-intuitive tack for a time. Born as a man and dying also as a man, it looked like his approach was a pacifist failure. Yet it has succeeded, quietly but mightily, and it will succeed, ultimately, with a fiery final "bang" bigger than the sum-total of all nuclear weapons ever conceived. https://nasb.literalword.com/?q=2+Peter+3%3A3-13%2C+Revelation+20%3A9
Beautifully done, master sarcasm accomplished.
Nuke the moon, why didn't I think of that?
Oh, by the way, that was the genius of Trump
We are signing peace deals, except for that cruise missile we sent to Syria.
Piss us off, we'll nuke Petrograd.
This is basically describing Iran. They make insane threats, and act crazy, but do mostly nothing.
IMAO was one of my favorite sites back in college. This essay is still great. I see no reason why we should not pursue this clearly viable avenue for world peace.
What a classic!
I remember this! Long ago, in a free republic, far away...
like Dandelions, the memories spring up, weeds unwanted by The Powers That Be. I am so glad to have found you again, Frank 💖