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"WIRTZ: It seems to me that the political situation for STALIN has changed completely now. WEIZSÄCKER: I hope so. STALIN certainly has not got it yet. If the A
by verelo 8y ago
"WIRTZ: It seems to me that the political situation for STALIN has changed completely now.
WEIZSÄCKER: I hope so. STALIN certainly has not got it yet. If the Americans and the
British were good Imperialists they would attack STALIN with the thing tomorrow, but they
won't do that, they will use it as a political weapon. Of course that is good, but the result will
be a peace which will last until the Russians have it, and then there is bound to be war"
That is a pretty great summary of the potential dangers of the Cold War, also interesting in the context of the US pulling out of the nuclear arms deal with Russia today.