Why didn't the Soveirs offer nuclear protection to every nation the US was hostile to? They could have won over South America, the Middle East, Vietnam etc...
If they backed Egypt with nuclear protection they would have crippled US and Britain by controlling the Suez canal. And they would have even more oil to block from the west.
We're they really this stupid?
>offer nuclear protection to everybody
>US inevitably calls the bluff and goes in on an area our coups them
>either option is to either back down or get into an unwinnable nuclear exchange with the US over a minor shithole
>either case has negative outcomes for the Soviets
So just don't make it a bluff or do the same to a NATO country. We're they just cowards compared to US?
>don't make it a bluff
what part of end result is nuclear exchange do you not understand retard, it was not worth the massive price needed to keep it up
You realize all of the consequences apply equally to the US too right?
except in this case they are the ones making the first moves because they know its extremely unlikely the soviets would start a nuclear war over something like nam, even if the leader wanted it his ass would get couped within the same day because its certainly not worth the massive risk, there is a point were you make promises and threats so big nobody takes them seriously simply because they are to unrealistic
"It's unrealistic for an enemy to fuck with our plans" so the power of Americans was their stupidity and Russians knew that
its unrealistic in this case because nobody is going to waste their nukes on a third world proxy war or intervention, hell they weren't even willing to use them in cases like cuba, what makes you think the idea would even be feasible for even less strategic states
Why would it be a waste of nukes to completely fuck the economy of enemy nations?
probably because nukes aren't exactly something you can easily mass produce, and then you will get obliterated off the face of the earth, and once again all this over something that does not warrant pressing the nuke option,
They had thousands and it would have destroyed their enemies economy. Seems like a pretty easy decision.
what part of it would also destroy them are you not getting, again there is no strategic benefit to protecting a country like Vietnam that hard to justify launching nukes
Yes it would also destroy the US so what makes you think US cares more about Vietnam?
>it would destroy the US
again it would also destroy themselves as well which is not something they wanted
>why go to Vietnam
since to them it would stop the further spread of Soviet influence, and in this case would most likely think the Soveits were bluffing still initiate proxy wars and interventions, in what world do you really think you can get major power to extend that sort of protection to everybody who asks will be realistic
Alright well no point arguing further I know why they went to war with certain countries we just disagree that they would still do so if there was a nuclear deterrent
not him but youre a literal drooling retard
No u
also not him but reading what you typed gave me a brain aneurism please never post on this board again you are legit 50iq
Not the anon you were conversing with but you have to be Indian to be this stupid, please get off the civilized worlds internet and go shovel human man shit.