Replies to post #202068 on DD Support Board and Research Team

[Koog]

Here’s the deal, lubberboy. Once the “first strike” has been released, all the horses are out of the barn. It matters not one whit how the Russian people feel about it (nor the people of the US for that matter).

That’s the entire basis of the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine: That anyone involved in the nuclear command/control apparatus understands that use of nuclear weapons is against their own best interest.

Once the first strike is made, the only recourse is put your head between your legs and kiss your a$$ goodbye.

-From an old ICBM launch officer

[Kool Aid Man]

For "Mutually Assured Destruction" deterrence to succeed requires both sides be both highly informed and utterly rational. But what happens when we have an apocalyptic despot who believes their sole purpose on earth is to destroy their particular "Great Satan" even if that means sacrificing their own lives and those of all unbelievers? That's the ultimate threat EVERY radical, extremist theocracy.