thoughts. is 10 years long enough ago?

[scottobear]

Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the use of nuclear weapons in war has
been prevented but there have been consistent outbreaks of crisis in
which their use was a possibility. The following list summarizes past
incidents in which the United States contemplated the possibility of
using nuclear weapons.

• 1946, March - Deployment of Soviet Army to Iran
  
• 1946, November - Shooting down of US plane by Yugoslavia
  
• 1948, January - Inauguration of a new Uraguayan President
  
• 1948, Apr-Jun - Sealing off of West Berlin by Soviet Union
  
• 1950, June - Break-out of war in Korea
  
• 1953, August - Deterioration of Korean War
  
• 1954, Apr-May - Offer to supply French in Vietnam w/ A-bomb
  
• 1954, May - Guatemala chooses pro-Soviet policy
  
• 1945, August - China's liberation of Taiwan
  
• 1958, July - Iraq military coup and Taiwan Strait crisis
  
• 1959, May - Berlin issue
  
• 1961, June - Berlin issue
  
• 1962, October - Cuban missile crisis
  
• 1968, January - Seizure of USS Pueblo by North Korea
  
• 1968, February - Vietnam War (Battle of Quesan)
  
• 1969, November - Intensification of Vietnam War
  
• 1970, September - Invasion of Jordan by Syria
  
• 1973, October - Desire to halt 4th Middle-East War
  
• 1980, January - Desire to halt Iran Crisis
  
• 1991, January - Anticipation of chemical weapons use by Iraq in Persian Gulf War
  

Comments

[mauracelt.livejournal.com]

Those are some of the scariest statistics I have seen in ages, I really am scared that one day someone is giong to get nutz enough to actually hit that "button" ya know?

Re: Geez...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

likewise... things like that are better as history, not concerns for the future.

Re: Geez...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That's odd! I was going to reply with a link to the clock, myself, but failed due to LJ poopies.

Great minds! :)

Thanks for putting the link up!

[filthymonkey.livejournal.com]

well, let's hope that 1991 is as close as it gets!

Re:

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I agree, wholeheartedly....