Comments by "rejvaik" (@rejvaik00) on "The Matter of Nukes and Ukraine" video.

Yeah I largely agree as well the nukes are only ever good for is one thing and that is once you have them you prevent your nation from ever being invaded by a foreign military through conventional means That's the only thing nukes do you can't use them on anyone else for if used you face a massive fear of reprisal but if you just have them then you never need fear a D-Day style invasion in your country that's the only good thing nukes ever bring
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@krakhedd yes the Japanese bombing is the only exception and it's because the US was the sole monopoly of the nuclear weapon But other than that everything I've said is the current doctrine for all nuclear powers
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For the Love of Pete I dislike having to explain this over and over again but I will if I have to When it comes to Ukraine becoming their own Nation in 1991 and the concept of them having nuclear weapons the ukrainians did not ever at anytime have the ability to utilize those weapons that the Soviets placed in the nation what the ukrainians had when they gained independence from the Soviet Union was control over physical area of the silos in which they resided in they had no means to press the red button themselves any and all codes were kept in Moscow in the Kremlin and they were never released to the Ukrainian government when they gained independence and they were never released to the Ukrainian government when they were Soviet socialist republic And that's why Ukraine in 1994 was more than eager to get rid of those weapons because they wisely recognized their existence would be possibly be used as a justification by Russia to do a special military action to "recover" their lost technology the US happily agreed to assist Ukraine because the US just likes the idea of less and less countries having nuclear weapons and I don't blame them I completely agree with that view the less countries having them the better And Russia agreed because Russia just wanted their lost technology back and they even though don't like the US they still have the same pragmatic viewas the US: whereas the less countries that have nuclear weapons the easier it is for the Russians to exert influence over those exact same countries
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@krakhedd no it's correct, every nation that has nuclear weapons capability just has them simply as a deterrent for their use And as guarantee for border sovereignty, they will never be invaded by foreign hostile power as long as they have them, but at the same time they can never actually use them for fear of global reprisal Because these same powers recognize the instant that one nation utilizes that capability to strike, no matter what type of strike it is or how much they might try to "justify" it, they will be hated a hundred fold and denounced and condemned world wide Which is why enemies of nuclear power nations engage in unconventional warfare instead
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@landontesar3070 which one? I'll post it for you that way you can see it in your reply notification even if you can't see them in the comment chain
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