02-11-2008, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Wildbore
The US was stockpiling nukes well before the Soviets were. They were just following suit, and it was a good thing, because if they didn't, they would have been inviting an invasion from the US.
Now we are in the 21st century. What else do you expect other nations to do, sit back and relax while the US pumps out rail guns, new age stealth, and space weapons. Give me a break!
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Last I checked the only invasion done was on the part of the Soviets. It wasn't the US that put up a wall shooting and/or arresting anyone who tried to leave. The US also didn't take over a host of coutries in Europe like the Soviets. The US was stockpiling weapons to ensure they wouldn't suffer the same fate. And the USSR was very shortly behind the US in terms of development. And US stockpiling didn't begin until the Soviets detonated their own bomb.
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JMS gets another English lesson:
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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.
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The result:
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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.
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