Why not?

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?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >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

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      So just don't make it a bluff or do the same to a NATO country. We're they just cowards compared to US?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >don't make it a bluff
        what part of end result is nuclear exchange do you not understand moron, it was not worth the massive price needed to keep it up

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          You realize all of the consequences apply equally to the US too right?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            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

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            "It's unrealistic for an enemy to frick with our plans" so the power of Americans was their stupidity and Russians knew that

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            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

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Why would it be a waste of nukes to completely frick the economy of enemy nations?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            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,

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            They had thousands and it would have destroyed their enemies economy. Seems like a pretty easy decision.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            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

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Yes it would also destroy the US so what makes you think US cares more about Vietnam?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >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

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            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

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            not him but youre a literal drooling moron

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            No u

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            also not him but reading what you typed gave me a brain aneurism please never post on this board again you are legit 50iq

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            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.

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