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The taliban also have a major presence in Pakistan itself so...this could get interesting. Taliban, the next nuclear power?
I keep being reminded of This paper from 2018 that says the first world will survive the worst of climate change if the third world has a limited nuclear exchange specifically naming Pakistan and India. I think this is as close as the western governments get to having a plan to confront climate change and will not be surprised if it's revealed in some years down the line that the more cynically evil characters like Bannon and Miller have been trying to make it happen
Beyond the obvious objections, it seems like the effect on global temperatures would be gone within 20 years, so it'd be something like temporary sulfate aerosol injection with the same expected termination shock. You'd truly have to care about absolutely nothing beyond your own immediate existence, a singularity of solipsism, to think this is a good idea.
Unfortunately, Western chauvinists are exactly like this. In fact they'd salivate at the idea of a nuclear exchange between people they consider subhuman
The Futurama bit with the giant block of ice, but it's a slightly larger nuclear exchange in the developing world each time.
Pretty sure in Futurama they also had global warming canceled out by nuclear winter...
Edit: yeah...
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
thanks i hate it