[ARC5] OT - Soviets aren't stupid

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>

> I'm somewhat nostalgic for the stability that nuclear stand-off between 
> the two great powers
> gave to the world scene for 45 years.

Amen.
We killed 30 million people in WWI with conventional weapons.
We killed 50 million people in WWII with conventional weapons.
Without "The Sword of Damocles" hanging over our collective heads
and forcing us to behave for half a century,
we would certainly have fought WWIII,  probably against Russia
and its vassel states, and doubtless have killed
something close to 100 million with conventional weapons.
We fought smaller, "client" conflicts,
but another world-wide conflagration did not happen.
The raving "peace! peace!" crowd cannot think beyond
their bleeding, weeping hearts;
we who were involved in "The Cold War" kept the peace.

We no longer have that stabilizing situation.
Bloodthirsty Islamist who want to murder the world
and a global super-oligarchy that would delight in
a massive population reduction are roiling the mix.
It's not a matter of "if" some nut-job pops one.....