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Re:The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in... by arethuza on Thursday October 02, 2014 @01:02PM (#8401698)
I thought Nixon just wanted to appear mad enough to use nuclear weapons rather than actually being that daft...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory

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