“Even countries that have nuclear weapons can remain intimidated to use them, and we are seeing that now with our own country,” said Penn.
QUICK FACTS:
- Actor Sean Penn appeared on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show on Tuesday night stating that America shouldn’t be “intimidated” from employing nuclear weapons against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, Information Liberation reports.
- “Even countries that have nuclear weapons can remain intimidated to use them, and we are seeing that now with our own country,” the actor responded after Hannity said Ukraine should have never given up its nuclear weapons.
- “And I fear what that legacy is going to be,” Penn went on to say. “No one wants to see a nuclear conflict, at the same time, if only one bully is gonna be able to use them as a threat, we got to rethink what we’re doing.”
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BACKGROUND:
- Though Hannity agreed with Penn’s statement about no one wanting to see nuclear conflict, the Fox News host, less than two weeks ago, said the US must be willing to nuke Russia “off the face of the earth.”
- In April of last year, a Ukrainian diplomat reportedly warned Ukraine may be forced to acquire nuclear weapons to protect the country’s security if NATO does not grant the country membership.
