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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RMF who wrote (975438)10/27/2016 12:30:24 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 1575420
 
I am okay disagreeing about anything. I have no way knowing if what I said was true. It was just my opinion based on what I thought would happen if we had bombed Cuba. In my mind both countries had an equal ability to destroy the other and the world.

I just couldn't see how a slight superiority would matter when everyone was facing mutually assured destruction.

And as I have posted before, statisticians have warned that if we do not get rid of all nuclear weapons their prediction was that we will use them, sooner rather than later.

I am a big fan of statistics and believing what they say is probable, is probable.

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koan, we're going to have to agree to disagree on that.

Back then the Russians always played the percentages before they made any moves and the percentages didn't look very good to them and Weren't very good for them. I think it was a good move by Kennedy not to bomb Cuba.
But I don't think that was the main factor in keeping us out of a war at that time.

I think EVERYBODY would be happier if there weren't ANY nuclear weapons except for the countries that already have them.

What's Israel without nukes? A very small easily hit target for Iran without any deterrence to that attack.

What's Russia without nukes? A 3rd world country without any leverage.

What's Pakistan without nukes? A new neighborhood for India to move into.

I think Nukes eventually WILL be used. I just want to see myself and my Family get to live out their lives before that happens.

I think Trump NOT becoming President could be beneficial to that outcome.
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