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Originally Posted by GizmoPlanet
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Having said all that, I also realize that The Road was not meant to be a realistic appraisal of the effects of general nuclear war. 
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Could it be that this is not only a good point, but
the point behind any ambiguity? That he did not want it to become a specifically nuclear-disarmament tract? Perhaps wanted to, if at all, look beyond what type of weapon was used, and more to that they were used at all (and that it continued)?
Cheers,
Marc ([quoting Family Guy]
"You can't hug your children with nuclear arms!")