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When my father , a top nuclear war planner at RAND saw “Dr Strangelove” he thought: “This is a documentary. 55 yrs later we are told all these risks have been contained. Yet, refusing to acknowledge threat of “nuclear winter,” Pentagon fails to recognize that
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Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True newyorker.com/news/news-desk As this administraion prepares for war with Iran, remember this. There must be a GOD. @CardinalBCupich @JamesMartinSJ @MaryknollFrsBrs @PaxChristi @RichardRohrOFM @RobertEllsberg #EndWar
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both Russia and US have each constructed a Doomsday Machine, capable of ending human life on earth. What are the odds that this will be indefinitely avoided? Greater than 0? Yet even short of total disarmament this specific risk can be eliminated. Read “The Doomsday Machine.”
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My Dad gave me an old, old copy of the Pentagon Papers recently, and for his birthday I gave him 'The Doomsday Machine' and your 'All Saints'. He was delighted. Your Dad discussed his recent book at length on The Real News.
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