tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post8647350104678615953..comments2023-09-28T06:33:11.190-07:00Comments on Chariot of Reaction: Some Mad ThoughtsJehuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-89128268638855423652013-06-24T16:05:08.997-07:002013-06-24T16:05:08.997-07:00Michael,
The infrastructure MAD mechanism is most ...Michael,<br />The infrastructure MAD mechanism is most likely to be triggered by an insurgency. They are likely to have seriously underestimated the firepower of the USGov in any sort of set-piece engagement and will seek to avoid extermination through other means. Should they NOT underestimate that firepower, they might even strike the infrastructure preemptively. Ideally they'd do a "because he's holding a thermal detonator" negotiation with the Cathedral, but I don't see that much sanity prevailing.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-5775538656169265852013-06-24T08:22:54.097-07:002013-06-24T08:22:54.097-07:00No I dont think the cathedral would ever go nuclea...No I dont think the cathedral would ever go nuclear on the proletariat its their electronic infrastructure that keeps them in control that would be fried. They dont seem to want an empty pastoral utopia or they wouldnt import tens of millions of mexicans and africans. But what they can and will do soon I think is control all communications with things like hate speech laws and evesdropping this is the point where we have no choice but to take it to the next level [HI NSA} after all once debate is silenced talk is over. Their vast army would be useless because for the same reason Washington had only to stay in the field long enough to wear them down and let the inevitable atrocities of war change public opinion. That will be harder without a free press and is what we should be thinking about.<br />The Chinese on the other hand might very well take out our infrastructure with a couple well placed nuclear bursts. anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381126857274472550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-46825448031706550952013-06-10T13:18:52.145-07:002013-06-10T13:18:52.145-07:00Bdoran,
Something like the crackup in the USSR wou...Bdoran,<br />Something like the crackup in the USSR would be extremely optimistic in the US. Remember we've got a crusading streak in our country a mile wide, especially in the Northeast. Hell, we wrote Moby Dick, Khan was just making an allusion. Remember also that we couldn't find a solution to slavery that didn't involve an ocean of blood, something most other Western nations managed without said bloodbath. The Russians strike me as much more pragmatic, having gifted us with Who..Whom as an official mode of discourse. All things considered, we're probably damned lucky that our long range game of MAD was with the Russians, although even so I wager the chances of a major exchange during the cold war from 1960-1990 were considerably more than 50%. Just the Cuban missile crisis was a terrific stroke of good fortune in that it didn't go nuclear. Way too many Strangelovian things in that little party (in terms of things totally unthinkable to the US planners, like the Russian commander in Cuba having unilateral authority to launch, ditto the Russian sub we forced to surface).Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-15429312921723433812013-06-09T04:45:11.701-07:002013-06-09T04:45:11.701-07:00Ante-anxiety?
Relax. NO. Calm down. MAD clos...Ante-anxiety? <br /><br />Relax. NO. Calm down. MAD close quarters combat? NO. It would have happened 22 years ago in the USSR. If they didn't do it, no one will. <br /><br />Remember M'uricans have to carry those orders out. <br /><br />If you can't be calm, remember we're all dead in the long run anyway.<br /><br />The Doomsday Device is probably our "money" in any case. <br /><br />bdoranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15201085431663486535noreply@blogger.com