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[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That’s a non sequitur. “We can’t trust the US” doesn’t mean “we need nukes” and it doesn’t mean “we need spooks” either.

[–] scintilla@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

You can maybe argue about nukes but a country absolutely needs some level of intelligence network if it wants to keep itself safe.

[–] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You might disagree with the argument, but it's not completely random. From the US, we gained most of the benefits of having nukes and spooks, without having to maintain them ourselves. Since we can't trust them, we now have to decide if it's worth developing our own.

[–] VanillaFrosty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Ukraine has shown that any country that wishes to stay sovereign needs nukes. Trump's rhetoric around the "51st" State further proves the need.