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|    Re: DR. Strangelove pretty close to the     |
|    20 Aug 21 18:01:39    |
      From: ggggg9271@gmail.com              On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 9:31:17 AM UTC-7, neo...@webtv.net wrote:       > Haven't seen much of this film but I believe it is about a a madman trying       to get control of the nuclear arsenal to attack Russia, clearly remember       Matthau putting forward this idea in Failsafe ( a film that followed the book       to the letter IIRC )        Curtis Le May the head of SAC spent a lot of time trying to get The President       cut out of the loop. he famously said " if there is one Russian left and two       Americans I consider that victory " He was the vice -presidential nominee on       the Wallace ticket        until he spouted his views in front of the media then ashes ashes all fall       down. I bet you didn't know : in large part due to Le May twice as many       Japanese civilians as combatants were killed in WW2 including an incredible       140,000 in one firebombing of        Tokyo.              Best Kubrick movie?:              https://screenrant.com/stanley-kubrick-movies-ranked-worst-best/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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