Comments on: What World War III Might Have Looked Like

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:07:17 +0000

“If” their plan was to work what would they have done next? Are there still plans out in some government building somewhere that has not been disclassified regarding more attack plans?

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:40:01 +0000

@jack: Number of times I used the word “ridiculous” in this post: 1.

By: jack

jack — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:34:31 +0000

Your overuse of the word ridiculous betrays your preconceptions and bias. It’s not in the least bit odd that they would have a contingency for defense. Not to mention that the western world would absolutely have attacked the Soviets if they could without the thread of MAD. The history of western diplomacy is far from bereft of military intervention in the interest of weakening menacing powers simply because they are too powerful and were a potential threat. Winston Churchill wanted to invade the USSR immediately following WW2 for that matter fearing their eventual power.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:33:26 +0000

I think ruffling Russian feathers isn’t really a concern as its the Russians have ruffled Polish feathers recently.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:03:02 +0000

The difference between what NATO members and what the Soviets would see as “acceptable losses” make it more likely that the Warsaw Pact would be the aggressor in a nuclear exchange. Thankfully, this hypothesis has not been empirically tested.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:39:51 +0000

“…what would have been left of the Eiffel Tower.”

Thereafter renamed The Eiffel Clump.

–Anonymous Bosch

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:27:11 +0000

Gah, Stuttgart was a direct strike target, not too surprising really as we have / had the US Army HQ there and (if I remember correctly) five bases and two army hospitals…..

If I understood Nato strategy correctly anyways, Western Germany was just a “buffer” the idea was to slow any soviet advances until more troops from the US could be brought into France along the Rhine, so Germany was supposed to be “scorched” in the process.

Can you feel the love?

Realisticly though: If it would have ever happened the whole thing would probably have been over within a week and the red flag would have been up on what would have been left of the Eiffel Tower.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:24:05 +0000

“…the ridiculous assumption that NATO would be the aggressor in a nuclear exchange…”

I don’t see the ridiculousness in that. It seems to me that in an absurd, insane, zero-sum game, any involved party might make that first move.

Anonymous Bosch