[Red Badger]

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Dr. Strangelove was a good piece of satire, but there's one part that betrays the true intentions of the people who produced it. It occurs after the Army troops have fought their way into the base where General Ripper has been holding out, and Captain Mandrake is trying to find a working phone in order to call the President and give him the code to call back the bombers:

I'll tell you what I'm talking about. I'm going to pick up this red telephone which is connected to SAC. And I hope... blast. Blast! Shot away, I expect by one of your men during this ridiculous fighting!

Only, of course, there was nothing "ridiculous" about the fighting, because it freed Mandrake from being held hostage and allowed him the opportunity to relay the code to the President.