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Tom Welsh's avatar

'“The Russians can be here at any moment! The Russians have a huge army, ready to invade. We need to be prepared to fight and resist them, because if we don’t, they will destroy our country and kill our families!” That is what our lieutenant used to tell us in the 1970s during military service'.

Exactly what Goebbels told Germans during the 1930s. Some people just don't learn.

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Mediocrates's avatar

If you want a good laugh and an insight into American paranoia (still applies today) the watch this movie.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/31918-the-russians-are-coming-the-russians-are-coming

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