Reply #7: Perhaps the Point is in the Title [View All]

[On the Road]

"Cold-War Doctrines Refuse to Die"

and in the body:

The prospect of a mistake "has become particularly dangerous since the end of the Cold War," Vladimir Belous, a retired general and leading Russian strategist, wrote recently. He added that "a fateful accident could plunge the world into the chaos of a thermonuclear catastrophe, contrary to political leaders' wishes."

Who knows -- Putin might have an itchier trigger finger than Yeltsin did. People are probably even less aware now of these dangers than in 1998.