65th anniversary of JV day

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Which is exactly why wars will continue to be fought over them. Nukes are here; you can't put the genie back in the bottle, but that does not make them 'good'.

The problem is that if it weren't nukes some other excuse would be used.

It is the nukes which keeps the other excuses from blossoming into world war. Look at it from that angle and your moment of clairity embrace you.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

The problem is that if it weren't nukes some other excuse would be used.

It is the nukes which keeps the other excuses from blossoming into world war. Look at it from that angle and your moment of clairity embrace you.

Unfortunately, that view doesn't really reconcile with history, does it? The fact is that is was nukes, it is nukes, and it will continue to be nukes. Meditate on that, Grasshopper.

Originally Posted by takeda shingen

unfortunately, that view doesn't really reconcile with history, does it? The fact is that is was nukes, it is nukes, and it will continue to be nukes. Meditate on that, grasshopper.

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[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Tell that to the soldiers crossing the beaches of Normandy.

Or the soldiers on the 38th Parallel
Or the soldiers of the Tet Offensive
Or the soldiers in the Bay of Pigs
Or the soldiers in Iraq
Or the soldiers in Afghanistan

Come on, this is just getting silly now.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Or the soldiers on the 38th Parallel
Or the soldiers of the Tet Offensive
Or the soldiers in the Bay of Pigs
Or the soldiers in Iraq
Or the soldiers in Afghanistan

Come on, this is just getting silly now.

None of which have had to deal with the effects of nukes. Thanks to the deterent they provide. Nukes are good.