The last US-Russia nuclear pact expires, prompting fears of a new arms race

[walkingman]

6. I don't think that starting a new nuclear arms race is in anyone's interest.

Even as we alienate our allies and send a message that makes them question US solidarity with them, it forces them to push for nukes themselves in order to ensure they are not venerable.

I hear the pundits talk about being able to defend against a combined Russia/China threat as rationale to built up or modernize our nuclear arsenal.

Had Ukraine not given up their nukes...do you think Putin would have invaded them?

Trump is just one step from the grave and I do not trust anything he says or does.

I also do not trust Jesus freaks - they long to go to their heaven as if it is a magical place and then you got the rapture folks....it is real and dangerous.