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Originally Posted by Mazer
Because if we nuked them and they nuked us the distruction wouldn't be mutual. They simply don't have enough nukes to finish us off.
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so, with respect to Iran and North Korea, it's not that the policy of MAD won't work against them, it's that the policy of MAD won't work against us.
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Originally Posted by RDixon
Any one care to discuss the very real threat posed by the China / Tiawan situation or are you all just going to continue with the smoke n mirror distraction of Iran and NK, neither of which are now or will be a threat to the USA for many many years?
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i don't see China as a military threat, Taiwan notwithstanding. we are well along a path of economic interdependence with the Chinese, as Sinner illustrates. that in itself is the strongest motivation for countries to figure out a way to coexist. i think they will be a very real economic threat in the future but everyone will find it is in thier best interest to work out the Taiwan situation. this is a good thing, because Bush & Co. do not have the balls or the will to face them down over Taiwan. that whole "freedom is on the march" thing is a soundbite designed to provide cover for establishing hegmony in the Middle East - we will cheerfully abide repression and tyranny wherever it is convenient and/or profitable to do so.