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>MAD is one of the main reasons Yet the entire point of Star Wars was to end MAD. They used fear of an attack to justify spending money to try and end our best
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
>MAD is one of the main reasons
Yet the entire point of Star Wars was to end MAD. They used fear of an attack to justify spending money to try and end our best defensive tool.
- cestith 5y agoI thought the point of SDI was to placate Reagan's ego. But yes, MAD was working such as it was and even if SDI could have intercepted a few missiles - which it didn't - it never would have stopped an all-out attack. I agree the funding was secured disingenuously. But then how big a lie do the warhawks need, and do they really need to believe it?