"..Nuclear weapons, as illogical as it may sound, save lives..."
You're partially right: it does sound illogical. At the end, it doesn't only sound illogical, it is illogical - weapons are used to take lives away, not to save them. It is only a point of view: whose life is saved, and whose is taken...
There are some nice verses that speak about such use of weapons:
"When one's powers come from a mace, one's footstep stink like inhumanity" - Petar II Petrovic-Njegos
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"..Nuclear weapons, as illogical as it may sound, save lives..."
You're partially right: it does sound illogical. At the end, it doesn't only sound illogical, it is illogical - weapons are used to take lives away, not to save them. It is only a point of view: whose life is saved, and whose is taken...
There are some nice verses that speak about such use of weapons: "When one's powers come from a mace, one's footstep stink like inhumanity" - Petar II Petrovic-Njegos
Thank You, Stanislav Petrov