the thing is cow, since they were the "progressive" countries moving towards nuclear power, it was probably seen as a legitimate and viable war tool of the future. Yes, you had both sides balancing each other out, but the fact remained, when you have such a nuclear arsenal ready to go, its still very disconcerning that one mistake could start a whole downfall.
and yes, in essence today might be even more dangerous, but as it is, its a little hard to go protesting at a terrorists hideout right? Its much easier to protest an american nuclear program when you are still bound by the rules of a democracy that allows you to protest. good luck doing that in north korea or almost all of these rogue countries.
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