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"Papa, is this a book about Odin's cat?"
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
"Papa, is this a book about Odin's cat?"
Originally shared by Lev Osherovich
"Papa, is this a book about Odin's cat?"
The New York Times on recent revelations about Able Archer, a 1983 NATO military exercise in Europe so realistic...
Originally shared by Lev Osherovich
The New York Times on recent revelations about Able Archer, a 1983 NATO military exercise in Europe so realistic that nearly frightened the Soviet Union into launching a pre-emptive nuclear war.
The Russians were making their decisions, in part, by feeding 40,000 variables into a computer to predict the likelihood of nuclear attack.
“Soviet intelligence clearly had tipoffs” to the Able Archer exercise, the advisory board’s report said, and some scenarios suggested a nuclear first strike.
“It is an especially grave error to assume that since we know the U.S. is not going to start World War III,” the board warned, “the next leaders of the Kremlin will also believe that — and act on that belief.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/world/europe/nato-war-games-unwittingly-put-soviets-and-us-on-hair-trigger-in-83-analysis-suggests.html
The New York Times on recent revelations about Able Archer, a 1983 NATO military exercise in Europe so realistic that nearly frightened the Soviet Union into launching a pre-emptive nuclear war.
The Russians were making their decisions, in part, by feeding 40,000 variables into a computer to predict the likelihood of nuclear attack.
“Soviet intelligence clearly had tipoffs” to the Able Archer exercise, the advisory board’s report said, and some scenarios suggested a nuclear first strike.
“It is an especially grave error to assume that since we know the U.S. is not going to start World War III,” the board warned, “the next leaders of the Kremlin will also believe that — and act on that belief.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/world/europe/nato-war-games-unwittingly-put-soviets-and-us-on-hair-trigger-in-83-analysis-suggests.html
The Wall Street Journal has an amusing piece on Michael Bohm, an American who routinely appears on Russian...
Originally shared by Lev Osherovich
The Wall Street Journal has an amusing piece on Michael Bohm, an American who routinely appears on Russian television to present a pro-American political perspective. The innocuous Mr. Bohm (who speaks fluent Russian) typically tries to get a word in edge-wise while being shouted at by the Russian equivalent of Donald Trump supporters.
“Michael, go for it!” said the host of top-ranked “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” with a fist pump three Sundays ago. “First of all, may I ask: Is it true that Russia is at fault for everything?”
Mr. Bohm responded: “Well, not for everything, of course."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/american-pundit-russians-love-to-hate-is-in-hot-demand-1457452420
The Wall Street Journal has an amusing piece on Michael Bohm, an American who routinely appears on Russian television to present a pro-American political perspective. The innocuous Mr. Bohm (who speaks fluent Russian) typically tries to get a word in edge-wise while being shouted at by the Russian equivalent of Donald Trump supporters.
“Michael, go for it!” said the host of top-ranked “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” with a fist pump three Sundays ago. “First of all, may I ask: Is it true that Russia is at fault for everything?”
Mr. Bohm responded: “Well, not for everything, of course."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/american-pundit-russians-love-to-hate-is-in-hot-demand-1457452420
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