In Reply to: Never satisfied posted by Bruce from DC on May 26, 2001 at 14:01:05:
Hi,
i think the key to the effectiveness of nukes as a deterrent lies in the short length of time between 'cause' and 'effect'. If you know that after you push a button; it's a matter of minutes before they return the favor....that is disincentive.
The fact we are currently discussing limited nuclear exchanges (which i find to be improbable) blurs what has been the reality of the nuclear age. The destruction would dwarf anything that has gone before; might even make the country uninhabitable for an unknown period of time. I find it overwhelming, immoral.
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Follow Ups
- stimulus/response - late 16:42:12 05/26/01 (1)
- way off topic here, but so what . . . - Bruce from DC 17:34:21 05/26/01 (0)