Jon, brilliant piece of journalism. Are there "sources" for your two SOVIET HEROs, Please advise. MEANTIME, THIS PIECE FROM THE ORIGINAL OLD GOAT, J. Alter, is better, or certainly as good, as words from the other "old goats". Grateful to support your superb journalism--Barry Jagoda
Does anyone from the 50s and 60s remember "On the Beach", "Fail-Safe", "Dr. Strangelove", or "Seven Days in May"? These disturbing novels and/or films imagine the immediate onset or aftermath of nuclear war, and the tick-tock machinations of an American coup d'etat originating in the Pentagon. Even as they are dramatic, they are mere primers for the comprehension of geopolitical shenanigans in U.S.-Russia relations during the Trump/Putin/Zelensky/Biden era.
Yes, Jon, we thank our lucky stars for President Joe Biden.
Bingo. This is exactly what we should be worried about, and that the Biden administration should be focused on in terms of at least keeping communications open on that level. From the little I've gleaned, most days it sounds like that communications is gone. Personally, I think most people are too afraid to think about this aspect, even if they're old enough to truly appreciate how real the danger of nuclear war is. And if you didn't live through a time period when everyone around you believed that danger was real, my guess is it's too terrifying to get yourself into that mindset without a larger societal shift forcing you into it. And let's face it, that's most of the population now. Yikes.
How irresponsible to take anything Trump says, especially in this moment and concerning what he claims he said to Putin, as being true.
Equally irresponsible to make a big issue of Biden's "gaffe." Of course Putin cannot stay in power; the whole world knows that. But Biden did not say that we, NATO or anyone else would take steps to remove him.
Jon, brilliant piece of journalism. Are there "sources" for your two SOVIET HEROs, Please advise. MEANTIME, THIS PIECE FROM THE ORIGINAL OLD GOAT, J. Alter, is better, or certainly as good, as words from the other "old goats". Grateful to support your superb journalism--Barry Jagoda
Does anyone from the 50s and 60s remember "On the Beach", "Fail-Safe", "Dr. Strangelove", or "Seven Days in May"? These disturbing novels and/or films imagine the immediate onset or aftermath of nuclear war, and the tick-tock machinations of an American coup d'etat originating in the Pentagon. Even as they are dramatic, they are mere primers for the comprehension of geopolitical shenanigans in U.S.-Russia relations during the Trump/Putin/Zelensky/Biden era.
Yes, Jon, we thank our lucky stars for President Joe Biden.
Bingo. This is exactly what we should be worried about, and that the Biden administration should be focused on in terms of at least keeping communications open on that level. From the little I've gleaned, most days it sounds like that communications is gone. Personally, I think most people are too afraid to think about this aspect, even if they're old enough to truly appreciate how real the danger of nuclear war is. And if you didn't live through a time period when everyone around you believed that danger was real, my guess is it's too terrifying to get yourself into that mindset without a larger societal shift forcing you into it. And let's face it, that's most of the population now. Yikes.
How irresponsible to take anything Trump says, especially in this moment and concerning what he claims he said to Putin, as being true.
Equally irresponsible to make a big issue of Biden's "gaffe." Of course Putin cannot stay in power; the whole world knows that. But Biden did not say that we, NATO or anyone else would take steps to remove him.