Re: nuclear war
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The "democracy" in Russia has fallen. A dictator has taken over and a new cold war ensues. One morning he decides to nuke the US. You are the president of the US and you are alerted to a full nuclear assalt- on the US only. 99.9% of the US's population will be killed. What is your decision for a nuclear response?
Same scenario except the dictator's regime is crumbling, even France has agreed that military action is nessecary if the russions don't depose of him. After A failed coup attempt the dictator launches the weapons, agains only at the US. Your response?
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The hypothetical questions have to be meaningful for there to be any meaningful discussion.
If Russia ever got to a postion where it could, at will, kill 99.9% of the population and the US was so weak they knew they could "take" a retaliatory strike then the US would never do anything to provoke the strike in the first place.
If the number able to be killed were a lot less the answer "strike back" becomes meaningful and, in my view, appropriate..
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