Re: [Marxism] '1 in 4 Israelis would consider leaving country if Iran gets nukes'

[Bill O'Connor <billyoc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Smith <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sat, 23 May 2009 10:05:40 -0400
> Dennis Brasky <dmozart1756@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>> Here's to Iran obtaining FOUR nukes!
>
> Wish I'd said that. 
>
> Minor correction -- these things combine multiplicatively, 
> not additively. So the existence of four Iranian nukes would 
> only discourage about 68% of the Israeli population 
> (0.75 ^ 4 is about 0.32). About 4.8 nukes would bring the 
> number up to 75%, and 8 Iranian nukes would 
> scare away about 90%. 
>
> Such a bargain! 
>
> Contributions to the Iranian nuclear program can be sent 
> to me. I'll see that they get into the right hands. 

Oh, hell, I already passed the original on to my favorite bomber
libs at the democraticunderground.com(without attribution, shamefully).

Should I issue a correction?

-- 
In Solidarity,
Billy O'Connor

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