The Profoundly Stupid Narrative That Nuclear Brinkmanship Is Safety And De-Escalation Is Danger by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2022-10-18T03:40:33Z Of all the face-meltingly stupid narratives that have been circulated about the US proxy war in Ukraine, the dumbest so far has got to be the increasingly common claim that aggressively escalating nuclear brinkmanship is safety and de-escalation is danger. We see a prime example of this self-evidently idiotic narrative in a new Business Insider article titled "Putin's nuclear threats are pushing people like Trump and Elon Musk to press for a Ukraine peace deal. A nuclear expert warns that's 'dangerous.'" Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics Comment by Katherine Mulholland Sounds so simple yet hits the nail right on thread. My only quibble is that the whole transcript was not included so that I can quote from it. 2023-06-12T05:36:23Z Comment by Joost Oud 'War is Peace' 1984 is now, a few years later. 2022-10-20T12:26:52Z