It’s time to change the conventional wisdom about nuclear weapons

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OpinionbyPeter Bergel and Michael Carrigan-Yesterday 8:29 AMFollow

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Once again, we paid our federal income taxes. We do this as “the price of civilization” — to pay for the services we value and rely upon — disaster relief, help during the pandemic, wildfire protection, food security, a host of others and … nuclear weapons?

etcetera. So it it’s number one. It’s an excuse for their failure.

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