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Re:The nuclear war America planned to fight over her own cit... by travbrack on Thursday September 12, 2019 @02:20AM (#20948569)
On the flipside, you could make the argument that the threat of mutually assured destruction has a calming effect on the world. How many times would the US and Russia or China have gone to war if it was possible for one side to win?
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Re:The nuclear war America planned to fight over her own cit... by Synaesthesia on Thursday September 12, 2019 @01:48PM (#20954251)
That may be true. It doesn't matter though. My point is that a nuclear catastrophe is waiting to happen, it could happen by accident, it could happen due to some random flashpoint. It's far too risky! We've been lucky so far, it won't carry on forever.
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