Would you push the button knowing the consequences?

[1664kronenbourg]

Just picture the scene, You're Joe Biden's, Xi Jinping's, Vladimir Putin's top general and you've been given the order to luanch a nuclear attack, knowing full well that you'll be possibly ending civilisation and destroying the world. Would you push the button?
Me, I'd tell them, may you and the other politicians rot in the radioactive, chemical and biological hell you've created and with most of the world's population, who's going to vote for you now becuase of your egos?'. I'd push the button then shoot myself but I'd leave a note asking for what's left of human civilisation to forgive and not blame me but to lay the blame squarely at the feet of the politicians first.

 

[cheesyboy]

I would not.

 

[MagicBoy]

I think you've drunk too much of your username.

 

[robfosters]

The only time I would is if my own country was being obliterated by another nuclear attack

 

[dave28]

that is why they hire nationalistic soldiers who do their duty and follow orders, civilians would be useless for that job including myself who would probably freak out in a state of shock

 

[Malevolence]

Yes I would. It's the job I signed up for.

 

[Dis86]

What sick union has me working for those 3?

 

[drakulton]

you've been given the order to luanch a nuclear attack

I don't think I'm a luanch kind of person.

 

[VincentHanna]

The only time I would is if my own country was being obliterated by another nuclear attack

So the thinking here is....I might as well doom millions more innocent people to death somewhere else around the globe?

 

[Stumble Bum]

I'll write you into my will if you let me nuke the Middle East and China.

 

[1664kronenbourg]

So the thinking here is....I might as well doom millions more innocent people to death somewhere else around the globe?

Not you, the politicians.

 

[VincentHanna]

Not you, the politicians.

But if you control the button, it is ultimately you, not them.

 

[robfosters]

So the thinking here is....I might as well doom millions more innocent people to death somewhere else around the globe?

What’s the point of a nuclear deterrent if you are not prepared to use it?

 

[throwaway4372]

Don't you think they thought of this? People only get this job if they'd press the button when ordered.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

To deter.

 

[robfosters]

To deter.

Yes, but it’s not much of a deterrent if you won’t use it is it?

 

[VincentHanna]

What’s the point of a nuclear deterrent if you are not prepared to use it?

"Stanislav Petrov was in charge of a Soviet nuclear early warning center when there was a report of five American nuclear missiles heading towards the soviet union. Rather than retaliate, Stanislav followed his gut feeling and went against protocol, convincing the armed forces that it was a false alarm. His decision saved the world from a potential devastating nuclear holocaust."

 

[Ninco!]

What you describe is Hitler in his last days. Hitler was so incensed with the loss, sought utter destruction of his own country.

Nuclear weapons are a deterrent and have worked. If one country lets one loose, it would likely result in WW3; which would be very short (watch the film Threads).

We are all panicking over a non existent fuel shortage, loo roll and now its meat. If a real war broke out, well...

 

[robfosters]

"Stanislav Petrov was in charge of a Soviet nuclear early warning center when there was a report of five American nuclear missiles heading towards the soviet union. Rather than retaliate, Stanislav followed his gut feeling and went against protocol, convincing the armed forces that it was a false alarm. His decision saved the world from a potential devastating nuclear holocaust."

I bet he would have pressed it if the American missiles landed, so that’s a pointless argument.

 

[1664kronenbourg]

Not you, the politicians.

The politicians start the wars, the generals have to win them for the politicians.