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From: bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: Does anybody else think the USA fired missiles first?
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Date: Sat, 26-Nov-83 12:00:16 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 26 12:00:16 1983
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The movie was quite clear that NATO used the first nukes by making
an attack on the advancing soviet troops in Germany, but what was less
clear was who launched the all-out strike first.

I made a tape of TDA, and my conclusion is that the USA did, although
it's not clear.  The scenes in the SAC flying command base which show
them picking up soviet ICBMS come AFTER the scenes of Kansas silos being
launched.   There is some vague mention of California radar, but that's
after too.  On the other hand, these scenes could very well not be
in chronological order.  This makes sense because I felt one of the most
effective scenes in the film was that of watching the missiles take off.
You saw them go (no other evidence of a war yet) and you thought
SH*T.  I'm going to die in 20 minutes!

But if the film did show the US firing first, I wonder why there has
been no comment on this from the film's opponents.

P.S.  For those who didn't like the U.S. panel, be glad you didn't
watch the Canadian one.  This turned into a big shouting match and got
little done except to show you how much of a redneck the editor of the
Toronto Sun is.  The American debate was a model of calm and reason in
comparison.  The participants themselves were ashamed of what it turned
into, I know from talking to one of them.
-- 
	Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304