Right - MAD had it's place when dealing with a knowledgeable and intelligent
and using it country. The MAD broke down with the North Koreans and China.
The Russians (Soviets then) knew it wasn't a win or break even game. SO MAD worked.

The two were not trusted. They valued life little. They amassed Million men
armies and didn't expect any of them to come back.

Vengeful and reactionary are just a couple of bad terms that brought MAD down.

Once down, balance and stability died.

Since the down turn of the morals of the various new countries having Nukes
they, signed not to obtain or develop. But they did.

Martin
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Ed Huntress wrote:
"Ignoramus620" wrote in message
...
By the way, regarding Barack Hussein Obama's stated desire to
eliminate nuclear weapons. I think that it is election talk and is not
realistic.

The US would, in fact, have an even greater mililtary advantage over
current nuclear countries if everyone got rid of nuclear weapons. But
they are not stupid and would not do such a dumb thing as to get rid
of nuclear weapons. So it is not going to happen.

Historically, nuclear weapons are a guarantor of peace and are very
inexpensive compared to their value.

i

This is one of the areas in which Ronald Reagan had important insights, and
one of those in which he unraveled the claims that he was an "amiable
dunce." I'd put his thoughts on this subject near the top of that list.

He said essentially what Obama is suggesting as a goal: that nuclear weapons
are a scourge and should be completely eliminated from the earth. His
numerous arms-control initiatives were pointed in that direction.

Read his memoir on the subject some time. This is a guy who knew first-hand
what nuclear weapons do to the relations between countries and to the risks
they face. You'll find that other presidents who had that same understanding
felt the same way about it, but were less forthright about doing anything
about it. Mutually assured destruction, after all, seemed to work at the
time, and it would take an extraordinary amount of courage to go against
that principle.

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Ed Huntress






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