Also, it shows Putin and Russia that he is an idiot and is easy to manipulate (although they probably already knew that).

Yeah, but at least he’s not nuking his emails.

i’m not a nuclear physicist, but managing 15k nukes with the possibility of one detonating by accident, negligence, or theft/terrorism seems much higher than managing 3k nukes. but what do i know.

The USA and Russia are essentially economic opponents

Being around a decade younger than you, there definitely isn’t the inherent distrust of Russia/Russians that older generations hold. However, I don’t think anyone that reads the news on a daily basis trusts Putin and company whatsoever.

As a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s I remember thinking every New Year’s Eve “We made it another year”

START is exactly that, a start. The idea is to remove the threat of nuclear holocaust, and since you certainly can’t do it overnight, you have to take baby steps.

But the worst thing is that he actually doesn’t know shit of good politics.

Sorry. Old fears wrought new. I’ll assume you’re young enough to have never lived with the fear of a nuclear exchange. The last 20 years have been the safest since WW2, largely because of START.

But the worst thing is that he actually doesn’t know shit of politics.

I’m not worried about the number of nukes (100 can kill us all off). START was predicated on the understanding that sane, sensible people will equally reduce their arsenals, and that sane, sensible people would safeguard them. START was important, not because of the reduction, but because of the intent behind it. It…

I wouldn’t go to Moscow.

You must be a millennial. All of your seniors were raised to hate and distrust Russians. I’m 39 and I was. I still struggle with a general feeling of distrust of Russian people. When we played shoot me up as kids it was always against the Russians.

 Yeah and Bryce Dallas Howard as Hillary Clinton.

Rosie made that her twitter profile pic and I’m praying SNL really takes her up on her offer.

I was just thinking and it came to me:

I am a 46 year old Canadian. I have a wife and two kids. I was 13 when 99 Luftballons was a hit. When I was 15, I was terrified that the Persian Gulf Crisis would spill over and create a nuclear conflict. My parents talk about the Cuban Missile Crisis and have more than once, said that they seriously debated bringing…

Yes, it is a thing of beauty. Please let her be on SNL this weekend!!

Oh my god....anybody seen this yet????

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