We were the only nation that ever dropped nuclear bombs on civilians, so the notion that we ever wore white hats is nothing more than lying self-delusion. The only saving grace is the fact that Russia and every other nuclear power was doing the exact same thing. Their missiles were aimed at US civilian targets as…

Actually, this targeting list would predate MAD, which wasn’t really developed as a sort of half-assed pseudo-doctrine until the 60’s (and wasn’t practical until the Polaris missile was deployed in strength). This would be more representative Ike’s “massive retaliation” strategy.