tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post115487318096111673..comments2024-02-28T04:20:40.719-06:00Comments on THE LAST LIBERAL STANDING: A Blast from the PastBob Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18171655256407149176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12597943.post-1154917846458374742006-08-06T21:30:00.000-05:002006-08-06T21:30:00.000-05:00Wizard, I also go back - way back - almost as far ...Wizard, I also go back - <I>way back</I> - almost as far back as you. So check me on my recollections: The Soviets built and tested their first atomic bomb in the early 50's and their first 'thermo-nuclear' hydrogen bomb by the mid-50's (say). Now it's my recollection that during the period of Herman Kahn and John Birch Society that followed in the early stages of USA-USSR nuclear deterrence (mutually assured destruction - MAD), that some right wingers looked back nostalgically for the days when we had the bomb and the Soviets didn't; and that wouldn't it have been great if we could have whacked them before they had something to whack us back with? Back in those bad ol' days of crawling under desks in school drills, those wistful thoughts occurred to many of us. <BR/><BR/>Now, the way the whole thing turned out with cool-headed patience, diplomatic assertiveness and cautious statesmanship, we all agree that The Cold War (now called by some as World War III) turned out okay. Right? Much better than America being written down in history as the authors of countless additional Hiroshimas and Nagasakis with Russian suffixes?<BR/><BR/>Is this not a lesson for us in our current confrontation with the idiot-madman in Tehran? All we need is leaders honed with the same skills as <B>before</B> and we can hopeful?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for bringing up this somber subject on this date. We all need to pause, ponder and reflect.<BR/><BR/>I'll try to make my county's next county fair.Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.com