They wanted my opinion.

I had hoped to live out my life with worries of nuclear war all in the past.

My take on what is happening is that the US has calculated that in the greater geopolitical environment, China stands to overtake the US on a number of fronts, and the balance of world power in general is shifting back to China and India the way it always has in history.

Couple that with hypersonic technology, AI, drone and cyber warfare, alternatives to the petrodollar and petrol itself, a US economy built on unsustainable debt and a botched pandemic response which leave the US far less able to deal with the next inevitable pandemic, and the US has everything to lose and nothing to gain from the status quo.

So we see the US picking a fight with Russia and destabilizing Europe overall, since a war fought in Europe benefits the US and potentially opens up an alliance against China. We see attacks on non-US energy infrastructure, so the US can sell liquified gas to Europe even if it means deindustrializing Germany. We see loose talk of nuclear exchange, since that's a military card the US still possesses above other nations, even if playing it risks global destruction. And it makes even more sense when the military edge of US conventional forces is weakening, with an inability to recruit troops, a public unwilling to see boots on the ground anywhere, and a bloated military hardware agenda that enriches arms manufacturers but churns out expensive drone targets just waiting to be blown up.

I would not trust the term " limited nuclear event" at all.

Chernobyl was a 'limited nuclear event'. I think that puts things in perspective.

depends on a lot of factors, deposition, wind direction, weather stability, and many individual characteristics. Generally speaking, if you're outside a couple hundred miles, the most likely effects will be longer term increases in cancer rates - not so much immediate health impact.

If the nukes go off nothing matters then.

Ban the Bomb.

No such thing as limited.
JRod said we had nuclet war late in the 20th century. (Time traveler) not many survivors.
He said China and Russia formed an alliance, and did a simultaneous launch against the USA.
Forced all countries to respond. (Guess who formed al alliance only a few months ago)

Y'aint wrong

Too True. I have no idea why the globalists in DC seem to be trying to justify such a war. That is insanity. Anyone proposing it should be removed from power and locked up or shot.

Einstein said something to the effect that he didn't know how WWIII would be fought, but that he knew WWIV would be fought with sticks and stones.

For those near the bullseye, I seriously doubt whether they will know whether they have been bombed by a tactical Vs a strategic thermonuclear weapon.