[thechat] Getting closer

John Handelaar john at evolt.org.uk
Sun Feb 9 17:17:00 CST 2003


On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 22:01, Erik Mattheis wrote:

> Mutual assured destruction was the theory behind the Cold War - and the
> Cold War was won without firing a shot.

More propaganda.  In fact NATO operated a first strike
policy from about 1964 onwards.  Google for a half-decent
definition of 'NATO and 'flexible response' ' for details.

[*Way* onto my home turf on this one :-)  ]

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