Is The Danger of A Nuclear Catastrophe Greater Now Than During The Cold War

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Hunter DeRensis, National Interest: The Danger of A Nuclear Catastrophe Is Greater Than During the Cold War

Will the Democrats seriously debate "no first use" policy?

“Why should the U.S. tie its own hands with that policy?” CNN correspondent Jake Tapper asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

This leading question during last week’s Democratic debate immediately opened up a longtime policy fissure over U.S. nuclear strategy. The policy in question is the venerable “no first use” pledge, in which the United States would forswear being the first nation to deploy nuclear weapons during a military conflict. Under the pledge the United States would still reserve the right to massive retaliation.

While President Barack Obama privately mulled over the pledge, he decided against officially endorsing it. The United States has always retained a “first use” option that preserves Washington’s ability to launch nuclear weapons at any time, even unprovoked.

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WNU Editor: Being one who lived the Cold War, I can say this unequivocally. Today's nuclear tensions are nowhere near what my generation had to live through during the Cold War.