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As I've mentioned before, we dropped nukes all over the place until we changed our policy about 1970, after dropping four nukes on Franco's Spain. We did a lot
by CapitalistCartr 9y ago
As I've mentioned before, we dropped nukes all over the place until we changed our policy about 1970, after dropping four nukes on Franco's Spain. We did a lot of crazy things during the Cold War. These stories seem eternally popular on HN.
- skj 9y agoSounds legit.
- skj 9y agoTo be clear, "dropped" is different than "lost". When someone describes dropping a bomb they're describing an intentional explosion.
- CapitalistCartr 9y agoNope, I mean dropped as in the first definition, as in fell out of the airplane, plummeting pell-mell towards the Earth
- skj 9y agoYou can use it however you want to, I'm just telling you how people will understand it.
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- Stratoscope 9y agoWhen people read about "dropping four nukes on Franco's Spain" they will think it means deliberately dropping four nukes with the intent of exploding them. You may have had a different meaning of "dropped four nukes" in mind, but when the common everyday meaning of a phrase is one thing, and you mean a different thing, it helps everyone if you can be clear and specific about what you're actually referring to.
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- Armisael16 9y agoI would think most people would be aware that the US has never nuked Spain and reconsider that initial interpretation.