Most people think nukes are gigantic weapons of immensely overwhelming force, and therefore their use would mean the end of the world and the “last option” when all else is failed, and this naivety in the general public is dangerous because it allows for the micro-nuke case to be made.
The insane misanthropes we’re talking about, who threaten to use nukes, do so because they know the low-yield, man-portable trigger devices can be deployed in such a way that they are indistinguishable from conventional explosive weapons - and that is entirely the basis of their threat.
Would you know the difference between the MOAB and a Swift suitcase nuke?
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“Even a SMALL nuke is dangerous and should not be used. Period.”
Nobody is advocating for the use of any nukes here except insane misanthropic madmen. In fact, I’m not advocating the use of any weapons, so your straw man argument is irrelevant.
The fact is, misanthropes make this threat because of the wide disparity, as you have pointed out, in the general publics’ understanding of nuclear weapons.
They are man-portable, and do not necessarily need to level entire cities. Israel could deploy its trigger devices in the Gaza tunnels and the world would be none the wiser. And that is the true danger of this misanthropic argument - the yields are low enough to escape public outrage.
These madmen are more likely to deploy nukes that won’t impact the rest of Israel, and the danger is in us ignoring this fact.
