Wikipedia, eh? The deployment of short range nuclear missiles into the European theater was a deliberate strategy to unsettle the Soviets and force them to the

Wikipedia, eh? The deployment of short range nuclear missiles into the European theater was a deliberate strategy to unsettle the Soviets and force them to the negotiating table. And it worked. It also of course sparked youth protests all across western Europe; they were concerned that "warmonger" Reagan was going to use them as the battlefield in his chess game with the Soviets. Pentagon strategists talked of using tactical nukes to destroy Soviet armies. Yes it was scary times, but we won. The Soviets are gone, and the 80s-90s were a period of unparalleled prosperity in the U.S. and much of the world actually.