Comments on: Nuclear 1914

Nuclear 1914

stbalbach — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:50:46 -0800

June 28th is the 90th Anniversary of the terrorist assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which touched off the First World War. The world today is not much different then 90 years ago. Nuclear 1914: The Next Big Worry, by Henry Sokolski.

By: Down10

Down10 — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:29:11 -0800

Not to be confused with the wildly popular rock band of the same name.

By: GhostintheMachine

GhostintheMachine — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:32:26 -0800

The gun that started the war has recently resurfaced, along with the Archduke's bloodstained clothes and other items.

By: nofundy

nofundy — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 05:39:12 -0800

The world is different. However, people remain pretty much the same over time and geography.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:44:03 -0800

Oh, that's a band. (I see posters with the name and I figured it was a new type of cheese or toilet cleaner or something.) "Wildly popular" might be overstating it, Down10. Wildly hyped? Sure. (You think I could guess what they sound like without hearing them? Then I don't have to seek them out, right?) Politically, this would be the history we are doomed to repeat.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:50:13 -0800

From the article: Taipei could easily have cause to try to acquire nuclear weapons again. If it were to try, China would surely demand that the U.S. get Taiwan to cease and desist and threaten invasion if Taiwan did not. Oh, really? How is the PRC going to sustain any kind of invasion across the Strait with no blue-water navy worth the name, no amphibious-assault or strategic sealift capability, and an air force that might last all of a week against the ROC air defenses? Frickin' swim over and attack with hoes and pitchforks? And assuming that enough of their guys made across to throw any kind of scare into the ROC, how are they supposed to be supplied and reinforced?

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:48:43 -0800

Here's one scenario (discussed here,) though any overt demands would ruin the surprise.

By: emmling

emmling — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:35:34 -0800

The Black Hand holds the gun The Devil takes his run Urban, take the Appel Quay It's June the twenty-eighth The seventh was for me Bang, bang, history's complete Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo Bang, bang, the first six are for you Bang, bang, the seventh is for me Bang, bang, Gavrilo Principe Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo - Franz Ferdinand - All For You Sophia