Peter Kuznick

And so if there was a large scale use, it would, the cities would burn and would send up so much soot that would block the sun's rays for years. And we might not survive as a species. The likelihood is that all large life forms would probably die off. Some people might be able to get under the ground, you know, would have a mine shaft capped like a Strangelove.

And so if there was a large scale use, it would, the cities would burn and would send up so much soot that would block the sun's rays for years. And we might not survive as a species. The likelihood is that all large life forms would probably die off. Some people might be able to get under the ground, you know, would have a mine shaft capped like a Strangelove.

yes this is very realistic yeah it could happen but now our weapons are even much bigger much bigger much worse yeah but he was he said yeah this is real although back in the 60s we're actually building bigger nuclear weapons than we are today the russians tested their 50 million megaton weapon the tsar bomba and it could have been 100 megatons if they'd wanted to underground

yes this is very realistic yeah it could happen but now our weapons are even much bigger much bigger much worse yeah but he was he said yeah this is real although back in the 60s we're actually building bigger nuclear weapons than we are today the russians tested their 50 million megaton weapon the tsar bomba and it could have been 100 megatons if they'd wanted to underground

yes this is very realistic yeah it could happen but now our weapons are even much bigger much bigger much worse yeah but he was he said yeah this is real although back in the 60s we're actually building bigger nuclear weapons than we are today the russians tested their 50 million megaton weapon the tsar bomba and it could have been 100 megatons if they'd wanted to underground

I'm not sure if it was an underground test.

I'm not sure if it was an underground test.

I'm not sure if it was an underground test.

Tucker, let me take it back just a little bit. Of course. Because in 2008... That's when the United States called for Ukraine and Georgia to enter NATO. Right. And that was clearly crossing Russia's red line. In fact, our then U.S. ambassador to Russia was William Burns, now the head of the CIA. Burns writes a secret memo back to the White House titled, Nyet Means Nyet.

Tucker, let me take it back just a little bit. Of course. Because in 2008... That's when the United States called for Ukraine and Georgia to enter NATO. Right. And that was clearly crossing Russia's red line. In fact, our then U.S. ambassador to Russia was William Burns, now the head of the CIA. Burns writes a secret memo back to the White House titled, Nyet Means Nyet.

Tucker, let me take it back just a little bit. Of course. Because in 2008... That's when the United States called for Ukraine and Georgia to enter NATO. Right. And that was clearly crossing Russia's red line. In fact, our then U.S. ambassador to Russia was William Burns, now the head of the CIA. Burns writes a secret memo back to the White House titled, Nyet Means Nyet.

don't cross Russia's red lines about Ukraine in NATO. And that's where things begin to change. Putin was furious. He actually went to the NATO meeting and had been reaching out to the US since 9-11. I mean, he was the first foreign leader to actually contact the White House and to offer assistance. And he did help us in Afghanistan originally. And then what do we do in 2002?

don't cross Russia's red lines about Ukraine in NATO. And that's where things begin to change. Putin was furious. He actually went to the NATO meeting and had been reaching out to the US since 9-11. I mean, he was the first foreign leader to actually contact the White House and to offer assistance. And he did help us in Afghanistan originally. And then what do we do in 2002?

don't cross Russia's red lines about Ukraine in NATO. And that's where things begin to change. Putin was furious. He actually went to the NATO meeting and had been reaching out to the US since 9-11. I mean, he was the first foreign leader to actually contact the White House and to offer assistance. And he did help us in Afghanistan originally. And then what do we do in 2002?

We abandoned the ABM Treaty. That was a horrible blow to them. Then we invade Iraq, which they were totally opposed to. And so then the relations begin to deteriorate. I was saying before about Krauthammer, in 2002, he revisits his idea of the unipolar moment. He says, I was wrong in 1990. It's not the unipolar moment. It's the unipolar era. and the U.S.

We abandoned the ABM Treaty. That was a horrible blow to them. Then we invade Iraq, which they were totally opposed to. And so then the relations begin to deteriorate. I was saying before about Krauthammer, in 2002, he revisits his idea of the unipolar moment. He says, I was wrong in 1990. It's not the unipolar moment. It's the unipolar era. and the U.S.

We abandoned the ABM Treaty. That was a horrible blow to them. Then we invade Iraq, which they were totally opposed to. And so then the relations begin to deteriorate. I was saying before about Krauthammer, in 2002, he revisits his idea of the unipolar moment. He says, I was wrong in 1990. It's not the unipolar moment. It's the unipolar era. and the U.S.

is going to dominate the world for the foreseeable future. It could be 100 years, not 30 or 40 years. And that's when the neocons started coming out of the frame. They started appearing everywhere and saying the importance of American empire, that we're going to change the chessboard. When Wesley Clark went to the Pentagon,

is going to dominate the world for the foreseeable future. It could be 100 years, not 30 or 40 years. And that's when the neocons started coming out of the frame. They started appearing everywhere and saying the importance of American empire, that we're going to change the chessboard. When Wesley Clark went to the Pentagon,

is going to dominate the world for the foreseeable future. It could be 100 years, not 30 or 40 years. And that's when the neocons started coming out of the frame. They started appearing everywhere and saying the importance of American empire, that we're going to change the chessboard. When Wesley Clark went to the Pentagon,