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[Mr. Bigglesworth]

What they secretly think may not matter. If they fear falling to the traditional purges, they will do what they are told, even at the most senior levels.

Didn't Hitler overcome doubters by winning at negotiations until his overreach had gone so far, there was no way out?

[Gusington]

Well, until 1945 anyway.

[Centurion40]

The public may be starting to think of nuclear war as acceptable but I am curious to see how many in the military there are thinking the same thing.

Propagandists will point to the facts:

- 2 Japanese cities were nuked and both still inhabited (not bizarre eternal quarantine zones)
- the Earth has not gone post-apocalyptic after 2000+ nuclear test explosions
- so why can't a nuclear war be won?

[BanzaiCat]

Well, those 2,000+ tests weren't all in the span of a few minutes. And generally exploded over/on/under remote regions.

[LongBlade]

The public may be starting to think of nuclear war as acceptable but I am curious to see how many in the military there are thinking the same thing.

Indeed. I wonder if there is a problem of definitions. It's well and good to say you support something, but does the current younger generation really have a full grasp of what that entails?

Run The Day After on Russian TV a couple of times and see if those polls move.

[Greybriar]

....Run The Day After on Russian TV a couple of times and see if those polls move.

Coincidentally, someone on Amazon named Peter Vinokurov reviewed The Day After and wrote:

"I've seen "The Day After" when I was a child of 10-11 in 1986-1987 in a small village in Siberia called Maya, near Yakutsk, USSR. The movie was shown over the whole Soviet Union twice on the first channel. Since then I remember the movie very clearly, the impression I got was very high, so I immediately started to deeply realize the horror of a nuclear catastrophe. We were on the other side of the Cold War propaganda. I remember at school how we were taught about the US predator imperialistic policy. We always had lessons at school how to behave in case of US nuclear attack and practiced it physically running down to underground rooms wearing gas-masks and helping each other. The US nuclear threat, I believed, was so real, so I was frightened of a sight of a shining plane board in the sky. I was sure it were Americans going to bomb my village. And this hysteria was everywhere in USSR. Now living in Moscow, the heart of an almost free country of Russia I realize that the topicality of the movie hasn't dissappeared. We still face a lot of threats around the world, including terrorism and nuclear war. I'm sure all this comes from people's indifference, jealosy, prejudice, ignorance... Watch the movie and let our children know and grow."

But that was nearly thirty years ago (the review is dated May 19, 2004) and it's time for a rerun.

[BanzaiCat]

A redeaux of The Day After, updating it for the current world situation, would be watched by many I think.

I bet there's few networks with the balls to do it, though. Maybe a few. Who knows.

[OJsDad]

A redeaux of The Day After, updating it for the current world situation, would be watched by many I think.

I bet there's few networks with the balls to do it, though. Maybe a few. Who knows.

SyFy maybe.

[Barthheart]

A redeaux of The Day After, updating it for the current world situation, would be watched by many I think.

I bet there's few networks with the balls to do it, though. Maybe a few. Who knows.

SyFy maybe.

Only if there's sharks added in.  :P

[OJsDad]

That would make it one of the best shows they have.

[Centurion40]

A redeaux of The Day After, updating it for the current world situation, would be watched by many I think.

I bet there's few networks with the balls to do it, though. Maybe a few. Who knows.

It would not have the same impact today.  When it was first broadcast, there were not many other channel choices.

[bayonetbrant]

Only if there's sharks added in.  :P

With frickin' laser beams!

[bayonetbrant]

actually, wasn't that show called "Jericho"?

[taijeronv]

Got some footage of us saving a Russian journalist.  It happened in Shirokyne.

Interesting day for sure.  You can jump to 5:00 or watch the whole thing.

[Centurion40]

When did this happen?

The video title says that he stepped on a mine.  Was he doing a hand-stand?  His feet looked fine, but his head was wounded.  Bouncing Betty?