You are assuming all players are rational actors. But when your religion thirsts for the return of the 12th Imam and Armageddon, why not smite the nose of the dragon? M.A.D. doesn’t when one of the parties is actually mad.
4 posted on 09/23/2012 9:44:26 AM PDT by NonValueAdded
(Taranto: "The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.")
5 posted on 09/23/2012 9:45:10 AM PDT by NonValueAdded
(Taranto: "The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.")