Wednesday, February 10, 2010  Becoming a Third World Country
Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the
fire. Lo! All our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and
Tyre.            Richard said...  I do wonder about your
thoughts on one variable that makes our different than earlier
collapsing empires, nuclear weapons. While nuclear war has
receded from people's minds since the cold war, as the current
collapse progresses and the world situation deteriorates, I am
worried that nukes could end up being used if other countries
grab much of America's slice of the pie. Of course this might be
much of the reason they haven't gone after us more than they
have already.  And if the US breaks down internally if you've
suggested it might, then there'd be even more parties with
access to existing nuclear weapons. Even if the breakdown of
society is enough to preclude new ones from being built, the
existing ones are still problem enough. I'd appreciate your
thoughts about the nuclear weapons