re: #144 EPR-radar

I agree with all this, except at the end. IMO, the only thing that prevented WWIII between the US and USSR was the hard reality of mutual assured destruction provided by the nukes. So I don’t see any present-day principled objection by nation-states to modern total war.

And I see tendencies across borders that certain parts of the religio-political spectrum are advocating and prepping for global war.
People claiming to be ex-military, but don’t know the international protective signs, and when confronted that their country under international law is obliged to respect them, they say that the law or constitution trumps any international convention.
Some even claim to use the protective signs for target practice (SIC(!)).
They don’t even know the caveats of the Laws of War and think I’m fibbing when I tell them.

These idiots are prepping and advocating for a war which will be very ugly and whose wounds will take very long to heal (if ever). And for a war in which their opponent will, under international law, have the right to pull out many of the stops.

*smh*