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[malasadas.livejournal.com]

I keep reading people who say we "must get tough" with Russia. Apart from how that is a major misread of the past 20 years of policy, it is also a very cavalier take on the potential threats of setting off a new Cold War. For those too young to recall, the Cold War was actually terrifying and on several occasions, total catastrophe was averted by single, level headed men in the exact right place.

And just in case one needs the lesson visually, here is the forum appropriate link:

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[op-tech-glitch.livejournal.com]

I watched TDA on a little black & white tv back in November '83, and it still freaks me out even with the copious use of stock footage in the nuclear scenes. (Just waking up the next morning with the white daylight shining through the windows/drapes was...unnerving.)

And let's not forget the not so level-headed men in exactly the wrong place back then, either. I consider myself goddamn lucky still to be alive and with my atoms still attached to one another after 8 years of that drooling idiot fuck at the switch.

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