I wasn't in the military, but grew up during the 50's & 60's myself, so I do indeed "know what that means." Lots of memories from that time, vis a vie nukes, Russia etc. And the background noise of that continued on for a long time in my life. As you said, we let ourselves forget about it...with emphasis on the word "let". And for those …
I wasn't in the military, but grew up during the 50's & 60's myself, so I do indeed "know what that means." Lots of memories from that time, vis a vie nukes, Russia etc. And the background noise of that continued on for a long time in my life. As you said, we let ourselves forget about it...with emphasis on the word "let". And for those who came later, the visceral fear of what a nuke launched in anger would mean for the world is an unknown.
What you just wrote is so well put. Jack Nicholson, indeed!
I wasn't in the military, but grew up during the 50's & 60's myself, so I do indeed "know what that means." Lots of memories from that time, vis a vie nukes, Russia etc. And the background noise of that continued on for a long time in my life. As you said, we let ourselves forget about it...with emphasis on the word "let". And for those who came later, the visceral fear of what a nuke launched in anger would mean for the world is an unknown.
What you just wrote is so well put. Jack Nicholson, indeed!