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synthy posted:Right from Google video: Had to watch this twice. Singlehandedly changed my view on nuclear weapons.
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poronty posted:Why, did you think beforehand that they were wonderful inventions of human civilization? or was this change the other way round I knew I'd have to loving come back and defend myself when giving the documentary a thumbs up. Anyway, to answer your question. I felt that nuclear weapons were a good deterrent to a full scale world war. What I didn't know previously is that the US/NATO had a "first use" policy if tensions ever escelated which would in turn cause retaliation. This tells me that the US felt nukes would even the conventional war playing field while the Soviets felt it would nullify the economic avantage of the west. In other words, both sides were willing to risk long term catastrope for their own populations for short term benefits (and I use the word benefits loosely) much less give a drat what happened to the rest of the world. In short, they were only a deterrent enough to discourage the first shot being fired, but had it been we would've been sent right back into the stone age. The drama-documentary gave a excellent "man on the street" perspective of what would happen if say my family was caught in such a situatuion. It was depressing, horrifying, and above all, accurate. We were lucky this didn't happen, but not for want of trying by the cold war powers. covok48 fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Mar 1, 2010 |
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WebDog posted:The Lost World of Communism Thank you for this. I found this facinating although unfortunately episodes 2 and 3 are scattered in piecemeal around the web while episode 1 can be viewed in its entirety. Is there a link to the other episodes in full, or at least relaible links to watch them? My contribution (my apologies if already posted): Escobar's Own Goal My first international soccer viewing experience was the US vs. Colombia in 1994 (I was 10.) The US victory combined with Escobar's murder shortly thereafter sparked my interest in international football , but more importantly the events surrounding Escobar's death. This documentary gives a good overall background to the event and Colombia in general at the time. I felt it was appropriate given the 2010 world cup recently taking place. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAd2brXDD7Q&feature=related Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQt296NmnzU&feature=search Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwjsrvnDKiQ&feature=related Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKDv5S_sMxc&feature=related Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFqyeiOPfwA&feature=related Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY3_y6eQB5o&feature=related
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