Of all the intensely stupid ways team loyalty and partisanship can express itself, I really don't think you could come up with one dumber than "Our nuclear brinkmanship isn't a problem because it'll be the other side who launches the first nuke" if you tried. 

https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/kayfabe-populism-notes-from-the-edge?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios