Why were allied leaders afraid of Russia during the Cold War?
Allied leaders feared a massive Russian invasion of Western Europe. They believed the large Soviet and East European troop mass facing NATO could not be stopped by conventional means. A military consultant advised preparing a neutron bomb quickly, since it would kill personnel without destroying property, while the opposing troops would otherwise be cannon fodder.
Les explains that all during the Cold War, allied leaders were deathly afraid of a great Russian invasion of Western Europe. He cites a friend who was a military consultant and had just returned from a consulting tour of Western Europe. That friend told Les that the Red Army, facing our forces in East Germany and so forth, was so massive that his only recommendation to our authorities was to get a neutron bomb ready fast. A neutron bomb kills personnel but not physical property. With that mass of Russian and East European troops facing the NATO powers, they would be nothing but cannon fodder, and there was no way to stop them unless that sort of weapon was used. Europe was constantly aware of that great Russian horde sitting on the eastern borders. But the Scripture says that even though the world has been waiting for them to invade toward the west and go to the Atlantic, “I’m going to turn you back.”