Forty years ago, the world was living in the era of the Cold War, the Soviet Union aimed its SS-20 nuclear missiles at Western Europe, the United States and NATO responded with Pershings aimed at Moscow. .
François Mitterrand described the situation as follows: “Pacifism is in the West, missiles are in the East”, and he immediately added: “This is an unequal relationship.
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This is why deterrence is aptly named, which is there to… deter.
What’s the point otherwise?
Pacifism is a beautiful ideology, but it has rarely made the adversary bend, it would be crazy to cower thinking that we will escape conflict when the enemy delights in every sign of weakness.
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