From: Bill Lucy 

In article , gaw{at}sover.net says...
> >> The numbers pulled out of their asses is the decision of what
> >> *proportion*
> >> to use to translate arms figures, etc., to clock times.  To here them
> >> blather, we've been pretty much on the brink since 1949.
> >
> > The point is, we have.
> >
>
> Bullshit.  Nukes have kept the peace.

Absent "accidental" launches, "Fail Safe" events,
"Dr. Strangelove" doings, and (of course) "Crimson
Tide" possibilities, sure.

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.



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