MAD is deterrent, Rick. Brinksmanship is deterrent. You believe they
worked? 50,000 dead Americans and a lost war later and you believe it
worked?
rick baird wrote:
No, Booth. It does make me wonder though... If you understood the
idea of deterrent, negotiations through strength rather than weakness,
you might be more accepting of solutions besides taking all the
options that actually have influence off the table and begging or
bribing your opponent to accept your apology and settle your
differences.
On 3/16/07, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, Rick. It does make me wonder though... If you understood the idea
of peace, negotiations, etc. perhaps then you could be more accepting
of solutions besides bombing the snot out of them?
rick baird wrote:
Booth would apologize, and ask them why they don't like us and how we
could change that.
;-)
On 3/16/07, Dave Kahn <dkahn400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 15/03/07, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am curious if you have any thoughts on what America should do if North
Korea were to miraculously fire a nuclear weapon of any significant size
towards Seattle
You would do two things. You'd try to shoot the missile down, and
you'd launch a retaliatory strike. You'd have to. That's how the
theory of MAD works. The enemy doesn't attack you because they are
100% certain you will hit back. If the enemy thinks there's the
smallest possibility you are bluffing the whole thing falls down.
The downside is that you must have decided in advance that if they do
attack you, you will hit back. That's how you make sure they don't
attack you. It's a mathematical decision (game theory), not a moral
one.
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