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To: TimF who wrote (4792)	5/1/2005 7:35:40 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7936

If they start losing bad, and you are actually starting to invade them or reign massive destruction on them, than I think they threaten to use nukes if you don't stop, and the threat might be real. But I don't think its likely that nukes will be used just because an invasion attempt is defeated. Depends. A Warsaw Pact invasion of W. Germany would have resulted in tactical nukes very quickly. It had too- -NATO was heavily outnumbered, particularly in armor. The only way to stop them was to nuke the armies. The USSR said if nukes were used on Warsaw Pact troops, it would launch. If they think they are going to lose it all then they might think about nukes. Of course "I don't think its likely", isn't very solid reassurance when nukes are involved. Noooooo. :-) "A tactical nuke might not cause that." It might not but its more likely to than straight conventional fighting is. Yes. See above. "Idiots or nutcases would." Sometimes highly frightened people become idiots or nutcases. Yeah. And with some people, it doesn't take even that. :-)