This is a sound reading of the situation and could well prove true, but it doesn't account for the possibility that Russia and NATO member countries are in bed with each other. As they say in the movie (@ 18:24):
"Well, what about the Russians? They're supposed to have quite a pile of these things." [hydrogen bombs]
"We were surprised when they started their tests. Then we got a few feelers from their secret service. Nowadays, we work very closely together."
If there's anything to be learned from this film, it's that there is an unprecedented level of theatre in our time. The kinds of things the government was orchestrating in 1968--over 50 years ago--are still hardly fathomable to most people.
This is a sound reading of the situation and could well prove true, but it doesn't account for the possibility that Russia and NATO member countries are in bed with each other. As they say in the movie (@ 18:24):
If there's anything to be learned from this film, it's that there is an unprecedented level of theatre in our time. The kinds of things the government was orchestrating in 1968--over 50 years ago--are still hardly fathomable to most people.
Can you imagine what they're doing now?