From: Bill Lucy 

In article , gaw{at}sover.net says...
> > We have been lucky, very lucky. I infer from your statement
"Nukes have
> > kept the peace" that you are ignorant of those times when we have been
> > at the brink.
> >
> > 
>
> Fear is a great motivator and the success of a policy can also be
> determined by the horrible things that have NOT happened.  I'm convinced
> we would have fought WWIII with the USSR absent nukes.

The brink of war and the brink of annihilation are two different things completely.

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