Would You Retaliate?

[Ponder This]

The President can defend their people without the use of nuclear arms. I would argue that not retaliating with nukes wouldn't make a person a moral coward, but the opposite; they would be considering the horrific implications of what a global nuclear war would result in.

If someone is nuking people, then the horrific implications of nuclear war are happening. You can't not start nuclear war by not retaliating when there is already nuclear war. But the people of your nation are dying and will continue to die the longer such a nuclear assault goes unchecked. There is no other comparable means of defending your people. If there were, then such could be considered. If you really believe such an alternative to a nuclear assault exists, then you should present it instead of creating a pretense.

The reason nuclear war is a losing game is because of retaliation. Without retaliation a person can "win" nuclear war simply because no one will stop him.