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Dwarf020 · 12-08-2003, 07:48 PM

one point made early on in this decusion was that the US had run out of it's 2 atomic weapons already, and making more wasnt easy for us. this is a good point. another good point is, japan gave up after 2 hits, and we didnt have to prove would could hit them some more if we wanted, it was implied to the whole world that we had as many of these things as we needed and we were showing restraint by now using more then 2.

with atomic weapons, you can bluff pretty hard. also, you wouldnt be bluffing forever, it wasnt yet an exact science (making atomic fuel) but we could do it, given a little time, and it'd take a little time to get ready for the invasion.

on the other hand, i think it's never a good idea to invade russia, it's never worked before.

12-08-2003, 07:48 PM	#45 (permalink)
Dwarf020 Tilted	one point made early on in this decusion was that the US had run out of it's 2 atomic weapons already, and making more wasnt easy for us. this is a good point. another good point is, japan gave up after 2 hits, and we didnt have to prove would could hit them some more if we wanted, it was implied to the whole world that we had as many of these things as we needed and we were showing restraint by now using more then 2. with atomic weapons, you can bluff pretty hard. also, you wouldnt be bluffing forever, it wasnt yet an exact science (making atomic fuel) but we could do it, given a little time, and it'd take a little time to get ready for the invasion. on the other hand, i think it's never a good idea to invade russia, it's never worked before.