“William Perry made a speech in which he admitted he was more fearful of the

nuclear threat than ever before, and estimated that the chance of a nuclear

detonation on US soil over the next decade was as high as 50%.”

I hesitate to recommend to a conservative readership remarks by William

Perry (Clinton’s SecDef) and Robert McNamara (father of the Edsel). They

have a point, though. It’s a great thing for the USA to have lots of nukes;

but too many other people have/are getting them, controls are way below Cold

War standards, and nobody thinks about these things much.