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If I had been one of those persons with the missile warning and red button, I wouldn't have pressed it even if I knew the warning was real. What use would it be to launch a barrage of nuclear weapons against normal citizens simply because their foolish leaders did so to you? It would only make things worse, and certainly wouldn't save anyone. Primitive needs to revenge can be extremely dangerous with todays technology.
Followup question: if someone was about to be placed in front of that red button, would you rather it be someone who had previously expressed the same opinion, or someone who had credibly committed to retaliate in case of a nuclear strike (however useless or foolish such retaliation might be)?
Conversely, if someone were to be placed in front of the corresponding red button of a country your leaders were about to launch a barrage of nuclear weapons against, which category would you prefer they be in?