Scorched Earth

You can survive a nuclear war… You can gradually restore the destroyed economy and start living, constantly looking back and horrified by what has happened. Even the most stubborn and cold-blooded scoundrels can, if not be reformed, at least be significantly made to understand and taught the rules of behavior. And looking out the window, you can again rejoice at the rising sun over the horizon. But when the war that has passed knocks at your door again and the shadows of foreign planes flash against the dawn sky, you will understand — nothing is over. Any unvanquished evil in its lair will inevitably rise again and come back to your land — to seize that which it could not obtain before. And then your hand will instinctively reach for a weapon. For no amount of persuasion and agreements can stop evil. It fears only power…