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Over the last three years, we have gone to DEFCON 3 three times. If you think that's a lot, you're right. If you think we're overreacting, you're wrong.
Prior to these raises, the last time we went to DEFCON 3 was almost 30 years earlier.
So why so much activity now? Well, the Soviet Union was was adversarial but not insane. They didn't want to die any more than the US did. Today, however, is a different world. We have North Korea who is clinically paranoid and nations in the Middle East who are just bat-crap crazy.
The difference between then and now is that today we have nuclear armed actors who don't care about dying, and so are more willing to use these weapons regardless of the consequences.
The more widespread nuclear weapons become, the more dangerous the world will be. And the more likely this is going to happen. North Korea today, China tomorrow, and the Middle East is coming as well.
We live in interesting times.
Don't let Alert Fatigue cause you to drop your guard.
Better yet, be prepared so you don't have to worry if something happens.
Be alert. Be aware. That's all we are saying.
We will do our best not to "cry wolf," but don't ignore the alarm bell just because it rang too often. The potential is there. Just because nothing happened last time doesn't mean that nothing will happen ever.
Ever hear the saying, "You always find your lost article in the last place you look because after you find it you always stop looking"?
Same with nuclear war. It never happens until it does, and then it will never happen again.
Don't let Alert Fatigue become your enemy.
Prior to these raises, the last time we went to DEFCON 3 was almost 30 years earlier.
So why so much activity now? Well, the Soviet Union was was adversarial but not insane. They didn't want to die any more than the US did. Today, however, is a different world. We have North Korea who is clinically paranoid and nations in the Middle East who are just bat-crap crazy.
The difference between then and now is that today we have nuclear armed actors who don't care about dying, and so are more willing to use these weapons regardless of the consequences.
The more widespread nuclear weapons become, the more dangerous the world will be. And the more likely this is going to happen. North Korea today, China tomorrow, and the Middle East is coming as well.
We live in interesting times.
Don't let Alert Fatigue cause you to drop your guard.
Better yet, be prepared so you don't have to worry if something happens.
Be alert. Be aware. That's all we are saying.
We will do our best not to "cry wolf," but don't ignore the alarm bell just because it rang too often. The potential is there. Just because nothing happened last time doesn't mean that nothing will happen ever.
Ever hear the saying, "You always find your lost article in the last place you look because after you find it you always stop looking"?
Same with nuclear war. It never happens until it does, and then it will never happen again.
Don't let Alert Fatigue become your enemy.