[wagglebee]

A prime facet of mutually assured destruction was the knowledge that the Soviets (and the Americans) did not want to allow any more of their countrymen to die than was necessary. The leaders themselves certainly did not want to die.

The Islamofascists are completely different, they place absolutely no value whatsoever on human life, not even their own. A suicidal madman is something that was never even a consideration a few decades ago.

[ncountylee]

A suicidal madman is something that was never even a consideration a few decades ago.

You forget the 'Divine Wind' that was ended by the use of atoms.