42 Have you ever witnessed a defcon scare? posted 3 years ago by GoAskAlice 3 years ago by GoAskAlice +43 / -1 Russia ? Ukraine China ? Taiwan Iran ? Israel Thoughts, anons? 17 comments share 17 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Okay, lets not get carried away here.
Didn't say I wanted them to do it. It will take truly strong medicine to wake them. Real, mortal terror.
October 62 did that to me-I lived in Omaha within the atomics fire storm; when I heard JFK talk about our possible retaliatory strike, I froze and my 17 YO self had an excruciating existential week ahead knowing I could die at any moment...
I'm a bit younger but I did go on to serve as a paratrooper under Reagan.
Those were formative experiences and I feel we were made better for it.