> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Horn, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Verzonden: dinsdag 25 maart 2003 23:41 > Aan: 'Killer Bs Discussion' > Onderwerp: RE: Israel's Secret Weapon
> > Building up such an arsenal when you know you'll never be able to use > > it is basically just a huge waste of time, money and other resources. > > It kept the Soviets out of Western Europe for a long time during the > Cold War. And eventually brought down the USSR. > > MAD maybe crazy, but it works. There is one overwhelming difference here. MAD worked because *both* sides had huge numbers of nuclear weapons aimed at each other; AFAIK, the Arab nations do not even *have* nuclear weapons, let alone have them pointed at Israel. Hm, maybe we *should* provide them with nukes, just to make sure that Israel won't use its nuclear weapons. After all, MAD worked before so it could very well work again. Jeroen "No Nukes" van Baardwijk _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l