How many times in your lifetime have you heard the term “peace through strength”?

I bet a bunch for as far back as I can remember it has been a slogan of the GOP…..along with “trust but verify”……

I am sorry people but it is only a slogan nothing more……since WW2 we have gotten less safe and less secure with each new election…..

Here is a piece that talks to the subject….a good read if you have the time….

Source: ‘Peace Through Strength,’ and Other Lies by Kevin Carson — Antiwar.com

A little more history coming your way……

Nukes!  They have been a weapon of convenience for 70 years…..our use against Japan proved to the world that we were/are capable of using this destructive power we had at our finger tips……

I sue you remember, if you are old enough to vote, to remember the Cuban Crisis….if not I can help….you see in the early 60’s the Russians put nuke missiles in Cuba….90 miles away from the US and we can have that and we were one step closer to the use of the nukes again….the Russians backed down and all was avoided…..

Our nuke arsenal grew so did Russia’s then the Chinese got into the fray and the world was close but still no cigar…..

But did you know there were times when the US considered the use of said weapons?

First was Vietnam……Source: When Nixon Threatened to Nuke Vietnam | War Is Boring

I recall in the days of the gas shortages when some were calling for the US to just nuke the countries with oil and just take what we want…..that was mostly BS from morons that have NO idea what that would mean…..

If that was not bad enough….the next big day for the consideration of the use of a nuke was Afghanistan……Source: German Envoy: US Considered Nuking Afghanistan After 9/11 — News from Antiwar.com

Was all this just acting out on the ‘peace through strength’ scenario?  Or are some within our government just trigger happy?

The more you learn the scarier these leaders are……thank God logic and rationality won out in the long hail.

But for those that think a nuke is always the answer….let me remind you…..

Hiroshima……

Now Nagasaki…….

Please keep in mind that each of those cities were utterly destroyed by ONE bomb each….

Thoughts on any of this?