[lit-ideas] Re: The Mr. Nice Guy Strategy
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:54:20 -0400
Bill D.: So it was an economic problem that Reagan helped
create for the Soviet
Union (as well as the US, but that's a whole 'nother story),
and the
problem's solution was talking.
Now under the latest SALT agreement, the US is limited to
non-MIV warheads. Each Minuteman III carries a 1.2 to 3
megaton warhead. We tested one of our missiles recently to
try to quiet down North Korea; it went 4700 miles and landed
within a few meters of the target.
However, I must disagree that the solution is talking. The
solution is *verification* of the result of talks. Consider
all the useless talks (such as Ambassador Bill Richardson's
with Pakistan during the Clinton administration) that were
just pure lies followed by surprise nuclear tests.
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