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It is reasonable to claim that without mutually assured destruction, the Cold War could have been a warm one. CND et al never campaigned for the Soviets to dis
by gaius 8y ago
It is reasonable to claim that without mutually assured destruction, the Cold War could have been a warm one.
CND et al never campaigned for the Soviets to disarm, for them it was always about clearing the way for a Soviet expansion westwards.
- teh_klev 8y agoCND member since 1983 here. I'm sorry but you're completely wrong. CND also supported global (including the Warsaw Pact) nuclear disarmament for as long as I've been a member.
- gaius 8y ago... while knowing perfectly well that without nukes in Western Europe there was nothing to stop the Third Shock Army pouring through the Fulda Gap and conquering the West by entirely conventional warfare. So you are being disingenuous.
- teh_klev 8y ago> So you are being disingenuous. I beg your pardon? I'm not going to bother granting you a response, you seem to have a political axe to grind and I don't do political flame wars.
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