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Interesting, in many ways I feel less secure now, as the threat of an unpredictable religious fanatic getting his hands on a nuke and using it seems more likely. The MAD policy did seem to bring some form of stability in that neither side could afford to provoke the other directly. ( It did lead to a lot of nasty little wars by proxy ). Maybe if I'd been older at the time of the Cuban crisis I might have felt differently, but I don't recall a time when I honestly thought that it was going to kick off. Subsequent releases of information reveal that we did get close to it ( almost accidentally ) on a few occasions, but at the time these were not publicised.
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i agree there's much more risk of a nuclear incident now than anytime since the early 60s. but there is not the same risk of an apocalyptic world ending exchange. that's only gonna reemege if russia goes back to communism/fascism which could happen.