Nuclear war on the horizon


"There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet..."

- Agent K, Men In Black​

Maybe it's that I'm older than most of you, or maybe that I've lived all over the globe and get my news mostly not from the US entertainment media, but I find that Agent K was dead on about things like this. There hasn't been a time in my life when some would-be nutjob in some place (Cuba, East Germany, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, China, you name it...) wasn't threatening somebody, usually us, with nuclear, chemical or bacteriological weapons. It's the kind of thing that despotic nutjobs do. It's how they stay in power. They'd be gone in minutes if they didn't have some great evil outside that they could stand up to, to prove how brave they are.

Someday, one of these may turn out to be real. But as a friend of mine from the investment business once said "the sun will blow up someday, but it's a lousy trade." Same with this stuff. Throughout the history of the world, more than 99% of threats are never followed up. They're not meant to be.
 
MichaelInVenice said:
"There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet..."

- Agent K, Men In Black​

Maybe it's that I'm older than most of you, or maybe that I've lived all over the globe and get my news mostly not from the US entertainment media, but I find that Agent K was dead on about things like this. There hasn't been a time in my life when some would-be nutjob in some place (Cuba, East Germany, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, China, you name it...) wasn't threatening somebody, usually us, with nuclear, chemical or bacteriological weapons. It's the kind of thing that despotic nutjobs do. It's how they stay in power. They'd be gone in minutes if they didn't have some great evil outside that they could stand up to, to prove how brave they are.

Someday, one of these may turn out to be real. But as a friend of mine from the investment business once said "the sun will blow up someday, but it's a lousy trade." Same with this stuff. Throughout the history of the world, more than 99% of threats are never followed up. They're not meant to be.
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Not too far off 1984's concept of The Enemy, either.

...just saying
 
I do take it lightly, because it all goes back to that post we had months ago about the end of the world. Let's say it does happen, what are you going to do about it? Me personally, live, love, and laugh as much as I can every day and not worry about stuff that the media wants to scare you with that ultimately you cannot do a thing about....but that is just me and to each their own my friends. :thumbup:
 
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My only concern is: if they do manage to launch a missile with a nuke, the only place they could probably reach would be Alaska. I just hope they're aiming for Anchorage, because that'll probably be the safest place to be.
 
Nastybutler said:
My only concern is: if they do manage to launch a missile with a nuke, the only place they could probably reach would be Alaska. I just hope they're aiming for Anchorage, because that'll probably be the safest place to be.
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The most dangerous place to be if the NKs try to launch a nuke?

Based on recent experience, I'd have to say that the closer to the launch pad you are, the greater the danger.
 
jacobdahl said:
Not too far off 1984's concept of The Enemy, either.

...just saying
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Pretty much. Orwell had all of human history to draw on, to see that's how dictators stay in power. Been that way since the beginning of organized society.
 
should i go out and go on a spending spree before the world comes to an end.

strip clubs, drankin, and get meself a new bike, and go full out gear,awww hell, why go full gear if its all coming to an end anyway .
 

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