I read that Eisenhower said he would use a nuke just as you would use a bullet, but how close did the US actually get to using them against China?
thank you
2007-11-17 06:44:04 · 4 answers · asked by Moore55 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
geez JC&H.....you have alot to learn.
2007-11-17 06:54:12 · update #1
desert= you are 100% correct!
2007-11-17 07:00:06 · update #2
Nonesense. That was not an option. It never entered into any program. Where did you get that? There was no reason to.
2007-11-17 06:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It got pretty close in May of 1955 when the mainland Chinese started the shelling of Quemoy and Matsu islands in the Straits of Taiwan. I believe the quote by President Eisenhower that you cited was made around the time of that crisis.
2007-11-17 06:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off the USA didn't come that close to Nuclear Bombs with China. It was Russia. We literally were only gun shots away from the end of the world..................... Nuclear Fallout
2007-11-17 13:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MacArthur, till Truman fired his achin lil buns! "Old soldiiers never die, they just get fired"!
2007-11-17 06:50:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋