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   gggg gggg to neo...@webtv.net   
   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/   
      
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