By Matt Underwood President directs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons, a pronouncement that jolts the senses. The immediate question that pops to mind is, why? We’ve poured exorbitant amounts of money into maintaining our nuclear arsenal, and the consensus seems to be that they function as intended. Do we really need to irradiate some remote island or an underground cavern to prove a point we’ve already made? The cost-benefit analysis here seems… off.
It’s hard not to remember the past, the way certain ideas tend to resurface. Take 2019, when the same individual floated the, shall we say, unconventional idea of altering hurricanes with nuclear bombs. This wasn’t just a fleeting thought; it was a repeated suggestion. And now, seeing the devastating reports of a Category 5 hurricane hitting Jamaica, well, it’s not a stretch to imagine certain thought processes at play.
Perhaps, the reasoning comes from watching too much news, and some long-forgotten, brilliant idea bubbled back up to the surface. One has to wonder if this is just another example of someone wanting to defy the rules. If someone says “don’t do that,” the urge to do exactly that becomes irresistible. And the deeper you dig, the more you can’t help but wonder if something truly extraordinary, and potentially damaging, is hiding in those Epstein files. Market fluctuations, a possible distraction…it all adds to the uncertainty.
The situation calls for a deep breath and a dose of reality. Is the country moving towards acts of clear aggression by testing our most dangerous weapons? Doesn’t Congress have a say in this? It’s a frightening prospect to think about. Everyday brings more bad news, and this could be a point of no return. We don’t need to test nuclear weapons, the next world war might just be the last.
It’s tempting to see a dark humor in the situation, the idea of a person on borrowed time, seemingly ready to drag the entire planet down as a final act. It brings to mind some of pop culture’s iconic monsters. The idea of the world ending by nuclear war. And then there’s the question of the Nobel Peace Prize, a bitter irony hanging in the air.
And it’s not like the world is standing still. There is a sense of unease, of a world on the brink, and some are pointing towards other world powers and if they also start testing nuclear weapons. But there’s a definite sense that it is a wrong way to go.
The question of trust becomes paramount. When one country acts in unpredictable ways – changing financial policies, threatening alliances, and now, potentially, bringing nuclear weapons back into the spotlight – it shakes the very foundations of international stability. Testing of nuclear delivery vehicles, is not the same as testing, or detonating nuclear warheads.
And the call for some sort of visual confirmation, footage, anything to ground us in this reality is understandable. The last atmospheric test was in 1980 in China. There’s a certain absurdity in the nostalgia, the desire to return to a past where coal plants, antiquated bombers, and battleships were symbols of power.
And perhaps it is time, to re-evaluate what we are doing.