CDR: Re: "We may face a situation like a general nuclear war"

[Tim May]

At 4:43 PM -0800 11/10/00, Tim May wrote:
>Noted presidential historian Michael Beschloss just had a very 
>interesting point on the "Lehrer News Hour" on PBS. He thinks it 
>fairly likely now that the spreading litigation, recounts, and 
>marches in the streets will lead to a situation much like a nuclear 
>war.

By "like a nuclear war" he meant, and I mean, like the escalation 
scenarios for a nuclear war. Not the damage effects, unless things 
get _really_ weird.

This was clear from his context, and from general game-theoretic 
discussions over the years about nuclear war. For example, "use them 
or lose them," counter-force," "scorched earth," and similar 
scenarios and metaphors.

--Tim May

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