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To: Paul Merriwether who wrote (5209)	4/23/1999 3:31:00 PM
From: nuke44	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

I was merely responding to Jamie boy's invocation of the nuclear genie. It's not really a consideration, short of the complete collapse of the Russian government, and that would entail the collapse of the command and control systems that could initiate any sort of nuclear attack. It is not a consideration in the context of what Russia will or will not do for the Serbs. This is not to say that the nuclear arsenals don't exist or that they will not pose a grave threat well into the next millennium. I have dreams of beating our B-61s into plowshares and our W-83s into pruning hooks, but I'm not holding my breath. Speaking of dreams, I have suffered a recurring nightmare going back almost thirty years. It has several variations, but inevitably ends with a sun bright flash and the impending approach of the 1000mph mach stem as it destroys everything in it's path. I don't believe that I'm fixated or unduly paranoid. I think those dreams were (are) the subconscious reaction to dealing with the realities of that dream, seven days a week, fifty two weeks a year. Since I've retired from the Air Force, I don't have those dreams nearly as often, which is good, but it probably just means that I'm getting old and complacent.

To: Paul Merriwether who wrote (5209)	4/23/1999 5:00:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

We need Russia to partner on the solution. This takes away the Ace in Milosevic's hand and ensures we don't end up nuking the planet.

To: Paul Merriwether who wrote (5209)	4/24/1999 9:59:00 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 17770

<<nuke your game theoretic calculations scare me. Don't you think the stakes are too high on this one? I think we should all back off, slowly, come talk of nuclear bombs...nothing's worth that!>> Nothing's worth that. I think that was nuke's point, after all. The Russians have only one option: using nuclear weapons. Conventional forces would sap the last of the strength of Russia and it would collapse. The Russians arent going to risk Western money or mutual nuclear destruction for a country whose entire defense strategy was designed to repel a Russian invasion...