I’m not the one that said nobody thought nuclear war was a possibility. Turn up the brightness on your monitor, it’ll lower the reflection rate and you’ll see less dumbness.
Those of us that had vision of the full picture knew that nuclear war was nobody’s goal, and would profit no one, while using it as a means of building a political power base was quite rewarding, thus saw that there was no probable threat.
You of the left slope of the curve must live tormented lives.