> I have no idea what spawned the whole MAD ideology regarding nuclear weapons, it never made sense to me. Because the alternative is, "Hey, using just a few n

> I have no idea what spawned the whole MAD ideology regarding nuclear weapons, it never made sense to me. Because the alternative is, "Hey, using just a few nuclear weapons would be okay." Which would (a) cause enormous destruction and (b) likely escalate to all-out nuclear war anyway. You're better off saying, "Don't ever ever _ever_ start this, because you will not live to regret it."