Alarmingly, the wizards have uprooted the nuclear taboo and deluded themselves into believing that nuclear weapons are far more usable than previous presidents held. (This Russian option is also cited by the Trump review as a reason for acquiring and using countervailing low-yield U.S. nuclear weapons.) But for the U.S. to react to growing threats to civilian networks by proposing to use new low-yield U.S. nuclear weapons is particularly ill-conceived. President Trump should expunge this major new creative, but misguided, part of his nuclear review — and fire its authors. Read more:This is how nuclear war with North Korea would unfoldHow President Trump could tweet his way into nuclear war with North KoreaIf Trump wants to use nuclear weapons, whether it’s ‘legal’ won’t matter

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 11:03 UTC