Why did Les's military consultant recommend getting a neutron bomb ready fast?
The military consultant recommended a neutron bomb because the mass of Russian and East European troops facing NATO forces in East Germany could not be stopped by conventional means. A neutron bomb kills personnel while sparing physical property, and he believed such a weapon was the only way to halt that cannon fodder.
Les explains that during the Cold War, allied leaders were deathly afraid of a great Russian invasion of Western Europe. His friend, a consultant to the military, had just returned from a consulting tour of Western Europe, where the Red Army was facing Western forces in East Germany. The consultant told Les that the only thing he was going to recommend to the authorities was that they better get a neutron bomb ready, and get it ready fast. As Les notes, a neutron bomb kills personnel but not physical property. With that mass of Russian and East European troops facing the NATO powers, the consultant said they would be nothing but cannon fodder, and there was no way to stop them unless that sort of weapon was used. Les connects this to Europe’s constant awareness of the great Russian horde on the eastern borders, though Scripture says God will turn them back.