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Unread 10-14-2005, 05:25 PM   #59
pauldenton
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Originally Posted by Lothar5150
Aside from having the scenario wrong the tactical nuke thing is completely overboard. The only time I ever recall the use of nukes being used was when UN forces were forced into tactical withdrawal buy Chinese troops in Korea.
http://vicpeace.ca/centre/readings/nukeuse.htm#crisis5

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Originally Posted by Lothar5150
Your right as a matter of fact the term "Iron Curtain" and "domino effect" was dubbed by Churchill an avid anti-communist
"Iron curtain is indeed Churchill (from his Fulton, Missouri speach in 1946, when out of office) but the "domino theory" is stricly american (and not something the UK ever subscribed to...)
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