teachers call it MAD
when two countries come to an understanding that if one country launches an attack the other will retaliate with equal force
when two countries come to an understanding that if one country launches an attack the other will retaliate with equal force
by Doughboy September 2, 2003
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In the case of the US and USSR, their shared determination to retaliate to an attack by the other - given the size of their nuclear arsenals - would've assured mutual destruction.
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Basically, if you're going to be screwed over, make sure the rest of the world is, too.
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During the Cold War, the US and the USSR built massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons while following a strategy of mutually assured destruction
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Get the mutually assured destruction mug.The point at which you and another person get so passive-aggressive to each other that it doesn't matter who started it, because at this point you're both just plain douchebags.
Person A turns down the thermostat. Person B waits for A to leave, turns it back up. Repeat until one has to leave out of frustration. This is the point of mutually assured douchebaggery.
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