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In <3r4iap$o5j@news.cais.com> birdhaex@cais3.cais.com (David Birdsey)
writes: 
 
>Similary, what nation would launch a single missile when the result
>would 
>be to turn (Insert enemy du jour here) into rubble?  Ultimately, in 

There seems to be an implicit assumption here that the keepers of power
in those countries that might do such a launch (e.g., Iran, North
Korea, etc.) are rational actors.  There is some amount of empirical
evidence that casts doubt on such an assumption.
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