how_did_it_get_there

Fuck that. I had a flight a few months ago where my flight was late (hours), I was going to miss my connection, and the airline up front told me that they would not refund my fare, couldn't rebook me to another airline, and had no hotel voucher for the night to get me out the next day.

So I got dumped in a city that wasn't my destination and had to take care of everything myself. I ended up having to rent a car and finish the trip myself.

How can they dump me in a hidden city but I can't dump them?

Was the carte Blanche firing of all Ba'ath Party members largely responsible for the insurgency? Would a policy similar to de nazification after ww2 been a more prudent policy? Why was the occupation of Iraq so different than that of Germany?

You need to do an ama

I'll answer:

Able Archer 83. Soviets shit themselves thinking a NATO exercise was a ruse for a preemptive nuclear strike. Ordered their strategic forces to the highest alert level.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/able-archer-scare/

http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB426/

http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/war-scare-the-real-life-war-game-that-almost-led-to-nuclear-armageddon/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand_(nuclear_war)

The Soviets believed Reagan's evil empire rhetoric and drove themselves crazy worrying about a NATO secret preemptive attack.

If this topic interests you, I recommend

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dead-Hand-Untold-Dangerous/dp/0307387844

What are some things we can do to be nicer to the good bacteria in our gut?