[Aerroon]

>If the premise is wrong we won't need it. If society coordinates to not do the dangerous thing we won't need it.

But the idea that this use of force is okay itself increases danger. It creates the situation that actors in the field might realize that at some point they're in danger of this and decide to do a first strike to protect themselves.

I think this is why anti-nuclear policy is not "we will airstrike you if you build nukes" but rather "we will infiltrate your network and try to stop you like that".

[wongarsu]

> anti-nuclear policy is not "we will airstrike you if you build nukes"

Was that not the official policy during the Bush administration regarding weapons of mass destruction (which covers nuclear weapons in addition to chemical and biological weapons). That was pretty much the official premise of the second Gulf war

[FeepingCreature]

If Israel couldn't infiltrate Iran's centrifuges, do you think they would just let them have nukes? Of course airstrikes are on the table.