Quote from PocketChange:
Had it not been for nukes would the Japanese have surrendered? They would have fought to the death as they have for millennium.
Superpowers are the ones with nukes... It's gonna start between Pakistan and India and won't be much left.
The last 60 years, although there have been conflicts and skirmishes, has been a relatively peaceful time for man. Hell, Fiji still had cannibalistic tribes through the 70's. We've made great gains in technology and education but at our core we are very tribal creatures that war.