The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) has set the Doomsday Clock to "two minutes to midnight" to reflect fears of a nuclear confrontation with North Korea, as well as the failure of world leaders to address climate change and other factors. The clock is now set as close to doomsday as it was in 1953:
The team of scientists singled out a series of nuclear tests by North Korea. They dramatically escalated tensions on the Korean peninsula and led to a war of words between North Korea and the US.
The BAS also referred to a new US nuclear strategy that was expected to call for more funding to expand the role of the country's nuclear arsenal. Rising tension between Russia and the West was also a contributing factor.
The "weakening of institutions" around the world in dealing with major global threats - including climate change - was another major concern, the scientists said. They also mentioned US President Donald Trump's "unpredictability", pointing to his often controversial tweets and statements.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @07:38AM
It is important to note that it was not the usa to win the wwii but the soviet union. The usa went in hastily to get a piece of the cake and mainly to prevent the red army from liberating all of europe. The usa in the meantime dropped two atom bombs on civilians in japan while the country was basically spent and destroyed and the war was to end soon anyways.
Stop it already with finding justifications about past deeds back then and now. Maybe it is time you learned that whatever you think of being the morally superior folk who stretch your helpful hand to the needful, the world is not gotham city and you are not batman.