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As a kid, I was on bases where the air time from Russia was posted in all the front closets (closest to the front door) with air raid signal types listed. Yes, we had the 'duck and cover' futile practices in school. I have been out to dinner with the folks when a 'practice' air raid went off and grown men were throwing drinks on the ground and leaping over decorative railings to get to the crew trucks stationed outside the Officer's Club. This was a part of life and you just accepted you may never see your Father again. He racked up 20,000 flight hours (do the math!) circling the pole waiting for "go codes" to penetrate Russian airspace. I lived in a stone croft in Scotland with two mountain ranges between us and Holy Loch (Naval base with nuke-equipped subs) with no running water outside the quaint little town of Grandtown-On-Spey. Now I live in San Diego-one of several prime targets. I am saddened we have not gotten beyond this madness and still the sabre-rattling and political manoeverings continue. I've gotten jaded over the years and now am just fatalistic. I hope cooler heads prevail and the diplomats can ratchet things down a few notches. Nucleqar winter is NOT the answer to global warming. >rant off<
Yup. We've seen where this slathering at the mouth with the finger on the red button mentality gets us. Some have proven they just love war without taking into account the consequences.