Matthias Wasser wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > One person's "domination of central Europe" is another person's "defense
> > against another Western invasion."
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> Nukes aren't sufficient for that?
I haven't been following this thread, but you are being silly here. Nukes are good for nothing against another nuclear power except as a 'defense' against nuclear attack: Mutually Assured Destruction.
Only conventional forces can serve conventional ends.
And of course the USSR had serious reasons to fear a western invasion.
This much is a no-brainer, though irrelevant to question raised by Subject line.
Carrol