Not long ago, I was glad that my grandchildren didn’t have to grow up during the cold war like I did, as I remember the stupid drills getting under your desk, and as a kid, I worried a lot about being blown up by the Russians.
Now it’s even getting worse; China, Russia, the Islamic nuts, and most of all the Communist in our own administration.
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Not long ago, I was glad that my grandchildren didn’t have to grow up during the cold war like I did, as I remember the stupid drills getting under your desk, and as a kid, I worried a lot about being blown up by the Russians."
At least they cared about us and were good enough to keep government income recipients from stuffing all of the civil defense funding into their own salaries.
And being more honest, they more easily understood the truth. As one trained by Uncle Sam to fight with infantry after a nuclear exchange, I'm more aware that we've been fed exaggerations and defeatism to enrich and empower the few.
https://nige.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/dirkwood-report-summary6.pdf
http://glasstone.blogspot.com/2009/11/groupthink-and-proliferation-why.html
Growing up near a naval air station, I enjoyed the monthly air raid drills in school, too. The drills broke the monotony and showed us that more adults cared back then. I also did the Civil Defense Medical Self-Help course in high school.