[JimRed]

1. Is it not true that the reason we did not bomb the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War was because we knew they could retaliate?

Yes, it is NOT true. We could have bombed them back in the '50's, before they could retaliate, and did not.

U.S. policy since the end of WWII has been "no first use" of nukes; maybe we should rethink that one.

[Poohbah]

Good points.

Perhaps we should've blown the USSR off the map, just to convince the rest of the world not to f**k with us.