Re: Additional implication?
"Mutual Assured Destruction, despite its many flaws, arguably kept us out of nuclear war for fifty years."
You're right. I'm not arguing against it.
The obvious problem is something like OBL, or al-Qeada. No land, nothing to attack.
The problem with it for people is the person who doesn't act logically, maybe under the influence of something, or just goofy.
Contrary to popular opinion, foreign leaders aren't irrational. The news we get often tries to demonize them, make them seem that way, but rarely if ever are they that crazy.
Arf