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