Reply #179: No, the idea exists out in the real world

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I believe a proponent of this idea lives outside of the U.S. and was responsible for aiding the development of the Russian bomb. A book about him said his estimation of the international scene was that it was too unbalanced and would likely result in another atomic attack by the U.S. In light of the post-war McCarthyism fever and the two previous U.S. invasions of Russia, his argument may have had some merit.

The indisputably insane Stalin, who killed his supporters as well as his opposition never used his bomb. Crazy people are not necessarily stupid. Saddam fell into that mold.

Only uninformed dreamers believe that one day the whole world will disarm and give each other a big hug. Or that a superpower holding the power of life and death over all of mankind will be benevolent.