I just recalled reading that the Doomsday Clock, instituted as a response to the dawn of the nuclear weapons age, has recently been the Groom at what might well be something of a “Shotgun Wedding” to the Bride, “Climate Change” and the union has produced an offspring “AI” who has already joined the team.
Hmm… I’m wondering how brains mostly younger and quicker than my old clunker have managed to combine the three get a meaningful estimate of our Date with Destiny, specially when the nukes could be flying any day now, while climate change operates on a much more sedate time scale of years or decades to take effect. But I hope the marriage is a success, even though I’m in no hurry to find out!!
I have just been doing a quick scan of the on-line media, and the arm-chair experts seem to agree that we are on the brink of a third world war.
After a while I realised that the really scary part of all this is that, of the numerous reports I heard, none of them mentioned the N (for nuclear) word. It was as if the outcome of WW3 was going to be decided by brave musketeers facing each other in field and forest while their loved ones wait anxiously at home for their triumphant return.
Come on, guys and gals behind your microphones and cameras, get real. And I’m not just picking on you, people in general don’t seem to understand how much different a third world war would be from the previous holders of that dismal title.
For example, in “traditional” wars, the largest toll of human lives has been the soldiers who do the fighting, while their families nervously waited at home for the telegram bringing the dreaded news from the battle front.
One of my earliest childhood memories was one of many of these events, and I never forgot the screaming that followed the ringing of the doorbell. I was very young and didn’t know the full meaning of what had happened and the awful truth came to me in mercifully small doses as I developed into a real human being. It was a common event in every suburban street.
During WW2 the scenario changed ominously, with the rapid development of flying machines, including ever-bigger bombers carrying ever-bigger bombs. In addition to purely military targets, these were soon employed to attack cities, in particular London when the German air force switched from targeting British airstrips to cities, particularly London. This had a devastating effect not only on morale, but hugely disrupted business and commerce.
With the development of nuclear bombs, capable of destroying the largest cities, and long-range missiles to deliver them with pinpoint accuracy, the role of the foot soldier has diminished, and along with it their casualties, to the extent that civilian casualties would be likely to greatly exceed military ones in future wars.
So, won’t you join me in what I think could make a difference if the idea is spread sufficiently to reach enough political ears? Or if you don’t want to do what I am proposing, do it your way. World-wide communication is now dirt cheap, so let our leaders know any way you can, that they and we, must find ways to work together to reduce the global temperature on the thermometer, and the risk of war as represented by the hand of the Doomsday Clock
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