I can see why posting such as that would royally piss off the President. It pisses ME off!
I don't have a problem with pointing out the devastation that accompanies the use of a nuclear device.
We should ever keep that in mind when saber rattling reaches the intensity it has over Ukraine or even Iran. Especially in the case of the latter, we should recognize that if the current hostilities result in a nuclear exchange, people who disagree with the current regime there and are powerless to change it will inevitably suffer, as well as anyone attacked if the Iranians strike first.
Such is the lot of those who are at the mercy of their leaders' choices, and that is all of us.
I did not see this as blaming the US for the devices used to end WWII which arguably saved the lives of millions of Japanese and Americans. Anyone who wants to launch into the quagmire of retrospective guilt feelings over the steps taken in past warfare is engaging in folly which will not stop the next all-out conflict from utilizing every means at the disposal of those who either perceive themselves as defending against an existential threat or who feel justified by whatever logic in doing so. Ultimately, it will be the victors who determine what was justifiable or necessary, not the dead.
I didn't have a problem with Gabbard reminding us that these weapons are indeed horrible. But that is the purpose of weapons, to serve as first a deterrent to conflict, and second, to be utilized as necessary to prevail in it if the need arises.
Is another nuclear strike inevitable? Not if cooler heads prevail.
