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Title: Still Relevant in 2003
Review: Those who pass this film off as a relic of a bygone cold war period do not recognize the relevancy to today's military madness. There is of course the matter of nuclear missles currently held by Russia and their breakaway Republics which are have deteriorating security systems. But I don't want to get into tecnicalities here. What is most relevant is the argument made by the professor (Walter Matthau) who advises the military leaders. It is exactly what we are hearing today by our government..."We gotta get them before they get us!" He advises the military to not recall the errant bombers, but to let them destroy Russia because he believes the Communists want world domination and its either them or us who must ultimately perish in the conflict. He wants to take advantage of the situation as an unprovoked pre-emtive strike. Sound hauntingly familiar?
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