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Originally Posted by Shazam
Awfully sure of myself? We're here aren't we? What do you think kept the USSR from invading the US? Magic? Mork and Mindy?
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I'd be the last person to argue against the concept of MAD, but the USSR and the USA both had nuclear weapons and were threatening to use them for many years before MAD became accepted. Very, very scary times. Getting lectured on MAD is kind of exasperating as I used the same concept in 1962 grade 11 English arguing against war in Viet Nam. My marks went from a B to C for my troubles but thanks for the lesson.
I'm criticising your idea that the moment a N bomb is dropped on the USA they will all be dead. The USA will not want to ruin the oil fields and so may show restraint. At least I hope so. The whole area and situation is very volatile and I"ll wait to see what happens rather than trusting some punk on the internet.