The "lose-lose" scenario in any kind of war, although nuclear war is often associated with this term.
"From my reading of various pronoucements made by the Russian High Command over the years, I am convinced that they will never again permit their nation to be threatened... no matter what the cost... that cost itself may actually is Mutually Assured Destruction."
-- Alan Moore, as the voice of Professor Milton Glass, "Dr. Manhattan: Super-Powers and the Superpowers", in Watchmen (DC Comics, 1986)
-- Alan Moore, as the voice of Professor Milton Glass, "Dr. Manhattan: Super-Powers and the Superpowers", in Watchmen (DC Comics, 1986)
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Get the breast assured mug.1. A position whereby the United States and the USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - would in a nuclear war, be able to destroy each other with their arsenals of nuclear weapons. Each maintaining the possibility to strike the other even if one party fired first. The phrase mutually assured destruction thereby implies that both parties assumed the ability to strike and destroy the other. A catastrophic eventuality if it ever arose. Both parties thus maintained this position, assuring each other than nuclear weapons would not be used, even if a conventional war broke out. The downfall of the Soviet system and emergence of the Russian federation did not make a nuclear war ineffectual, rather it maintains that the two parties still have the capability - and underscores the fact that a nuclear war between these nuclear giants is an inevitability.
2. While this term is specifically used to term the USA and Russia, it may also be applied to China as the latter has built an intercontinental ballistic arsenal that would be deployable if the USA and China ever faced off.
2. While this term is specifically used to term the USA and Russia, it may also be applied to China as the latter has built an intercontinental ballistic arsenal that would be deployable if the USA and China ever faced off.
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Assumers are also usually, if not always assdouches. Since these unintelligent individuals seems to be associated with a lot of douchebag and asshole actions.
They are ignorant to reality, and make assumptions in order to mentally compensate for their own assdoucheyness, by creating humor for their own enjoyment, for the purposes of getting on the nerves of others.
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Assumers are also usually, if not always assdouches. Since these unintelligent individuals seems to be associated with a lot of douchebag and asshole actions.
They are ignorant to reality, and make assumptions in order to mentally compensate for their own assdoucheyness, by creating humor for their own enjoyment, for the purposes of getting on the nerves of others.
For further information on this kind, look up "Assdouche".
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"You're taking the dog out for a walk? Ha, I doubt it! I'm just going to ASSume that you're secretly a closet-zoophilliac that is waiting to act out on his urges and now this is the perfect opportunity, I'm calling the cops!"
"You're taking the dog out for a walk? Ha, I doubt it! I'm just going to ASSume that you're secretly a closet-zoophilliac that is waiting to act out on his urges and now this is the perfect opportunity, I'm calling the cops!"
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