If I ruled the world...

[fluffymark]

Meh! Can I go back to bed for 4 years? Today I got up and felt very sad for the world. I could really do with a hug right now. *shivers*

You know, it might be a good thing if the UK actually became the 51st state of the USA, rather than the current facade that we pretend we're not. By my reckoning, we’d get a whole 93 Electoral College votes (how are these things calculated?). And hopefully we have enough people here with brains to be able to think about who they vote for. Which would mean 93 Electoral Collage votes for sanity. That would come in handy on days like this. I wonder if the pros of that voting power are worth the cons of being subject to all those horrible federal laws. *ponders*

Of course If I ruled the world none of this horribleness would have ever happened. If I was in charge everyone would be nice to each other, and there would be lots of chocolate. *maniacalsmile*

Comments

[panzerpenguin.livejournal.com]

With whom? He has joint interests with Putin (bar minor disruptions like Georgia and maybe Ukraine refusing to let Russia pick their leaders for them and looking to the US to back them up) and the current Chinese leadership are far too pragmatic to enter any serious confrontation as long as their pride isn't bruised openly over Taiwan. Neither government is interested in nuclear brinkmanship with the USA any more.

Local nuclear exchanges involving the likes of India, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea and Israel are possible, but the real point of nukes for a small state is as blackmail / bargaining chips. North Korea, for instance, periodically waves the nuclear sabre about in the hope of further bribes and concessions from the rest of the world (desperately necessary in a cumbersome totalitarian state with a broken economy that can't even feed itself) to make them quiet again for a while.

[fluffymark]

Over lunch today we were discussing which of Iran or North Korea Bush will invade first. I'm sure the idiot will find some excuse to go after one or the other. If they do turn out to have nukes, it may prove to be messy.

[damerell.livejournal.com]

He _won't_ invade North Korea, because they _have_ got the Bomb.

I think the most likely nuclear scenario is a detonation in some major city amongst the participants in the War on Targets. From a personally selfish POV I hope they go for New York before London.