When the Cold War Ended?

We're in a kind of Cold War with China. By we I mean the United States of America. China is at least on paper communist and they want to overtake us as the hegemon of the world. The only difference is that there's probably not the threat of nuclear annihilation involved because China can't really get their missiles to us if I'm not mistaken. The threat of nuclear annihilation does become a problem if Russia becomes allied with China more heavily though which is why we should pull a reverse Kissinger and ally with Russia and pit it against China as China and Russia still don't really like one another. Instead the democrats and republicans alike keep antagonizing Russia for some reason while kissing up to China.

Well, we didn't nuke anyone after that although Douglas MacArthur tried to do it in Korea, but Truman stopped him so I think the answer to the bolded question is yes.

Well, I mean, the only time we threatened to nuke someone both of us had guns pointed at the other's head saying, "go ahead, make my day." I'm talking about the Soviet Union of course. They had nukes pointed at us as well. Otherwise we really never intended to nuke anyone other than the Japanese and that was to end the Second World War so us or God forbid the Soviets didn't have to invade the island.

Everyone in my neighborhood owns a gun and I feel safer no where else. My neighbors are not going to shoot me, but any robber will get brained quick. The time from the fall of the Soviet Union until now has been the most peaceful era in human history. Most of history has been one of constant wars everywhere on the map, empires conquering their neighbors, but in the 21st century everybody lives in cozy little nation states with no giant wars of conquest that I can think of. What is the difference between all of world history and now? The difference is that no one wants to anger the United States and bring its wrath upon them. The United States has the biggest guns and because of that there is peace.

I would like to live in a world without nuclear weapons just like I would like to live in a world where unicorns exist and the sky rains candy but nukes have already been invented and people know how to develop them and someone is going to have them no matter what and no amount of holding hands and singing Kumbaya and John Lenin's Imagine pining for world peace is going to change that. The best we can do is make sure that sane countries have nukes and insane countries don't have them. 

Okay, Eugene, great peacemaker extraordinaire. How do you plan to get rid of nuclear weapons? How do you plan to convince Russia, or Iran, or North Korea, China or any other crazy government to give up their nuclear weapons without using force or/and never try to develop them ever again forever in perpetuity? Lets hear the practical plan you have in mind. And don't say, "oh I don't know but there's got to be a better way" because if you can't think of one then you are imagining an idealistic world of unicorns and rainbows. I live in the real world where there are real consequences. We live in an era of unprecedented peace right now at the height of American power. If you think you can do better inform me how please. 

NOTE: Also, I am not intending to personally attack or insult you. If I've done that or do that in this discussion, please tell me so I can apologize. I mean no disrespect at all and am sorry if anything comes off that way.

Yeah, its my fault if it went off the rails. For some reason I get unreasonably testy when it comes to whether violent force can be righteous or not. I did the same in an argument with DKtrav88, I really shouldn't talk about this topic. I do come from a culture of violence in the South, its part of my cultural values I was raised with I guess and I can't see how others would disagree with what I was raised to believe and choose to believe with my own faculties is obviously true.