Absolutely not as is the same for any/all nations. No matter what is being done, this is the threshold we must never cross period. Yes the US did it in WW2 when it was just speculative and guesses as to the true destructive nature of this power. Once a nation, ANY nation, pushes that button, all the rest will have the precedent they need to justify the same and that is something we must never entertain. That doesn't mean that Taiwan should simply succumb to China's aggression but that it can never be that; nuclear war.
Nuclear must always remain a deterrent only. It;s not as if there are no other viable options. Nuclear war is the one price we must never pay.
Absolutely not as is the same for any/all nations. No matter what is being done, this is the threshold we must never cross period. Yes the US did it in WW2 when it was just speculative and guesses as to the true destructive nature of this power. Once a nation, ANY nation, pushes that button, all the rest will have the precedent they need to justify the same and that is something we must never entertain. That doesn't mean that Taiwan should simply succumb to China's aggression but that it can never be that; nuclear war.
Nuclear must always remain a deterrent only. It;s not as if there are no other viable options. Nuclear war is the one price we must never pay.
Even if it is existential threat from an aggressor?