This movie Po’ed me to no end. I was in SAC at the time and saw it as an attempt to try to make us feel guilty about defending the country during the cold war. I didn’t buy the BS.
A few years later Euroweenies were at the height of protesting America just after the USSR raised radiation exposure to almost all of Europe thanks to Chernobyl. Very few protests about that.
Yeah. Exactly right.
I didn’t watch it but I remember all the talk about it.
I was new to the military in ‘83 when I saw it, headed to a “strategic” billet as well. I could see through the disarmament propaganda, and it had the opposite effect on me. I remember thinking I better learn my job well, because we have to win.
I watched Threads on Tubi last night based on this FR “thread”. Same propaganda, IMHO. Interesting peek at living through societal collapse, tho.