FRIDAY SURPRISE: I miss the Cold War.

Friday, February 12, 2010 Filed in: Friday Surprise!, History

I really do.

Today a rogue regime can acquire nuclear force simply by writing a check. A really big check, no doubt, but child's play compared to the old days.

If you wanted an atomic bomb back then, you had to work a lot harder.

You see, we were absolutely convinced that our sole opponent in the Cold War - the Soviet Union - wanted to bomb us out of existence. We had our plans, our bombs, our missiles - and so did they.

We were always trying to find out what they were up to, and they were doing likewise. That tug-of-war gave us a time of espionage, spies and high intrigue.

Somehow, The Underwear Bomber just isn't as, well, romantic.

To illustrate my point, one of those Cold War skirmishes was fought by an Iowa-boy-turned-Soviet agent named George Koval. It's an interesting story.

-=[ Grant ]=-
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