To: TheOtherOne
While I agree that MAD was a deterrent to the Soviets, it was not the only, or even most important, factor - as it turns out.
The Soviet Union was never as big a military threat as we all assumed them to be.
18 posted on
07/27/2005 10:21:41 PM PDT by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: clee1
The Soviet Union was never as big a military threat as we all assumed them to be. Do you dispute that they had or have the nukes to basically take out the US? Regardless of their military, they had the capacity to inflict massive nuclear damage.
23 posted on
07/27/2005 10:25:48 PM PDT by
TheOtherOne
(I often sacrifice my spelling on the alter of speed™)
To: clee1
"The Soviet Union was never as big a military threat as we all assumed them to be."The Soviet Union had the ability to destroy every major city in the US. Russia still does.
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