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...but it sure reads like one. > If Soviets dismantle all SS–20s, we are willing to airbrush out Gorbachev’s birthmark in US photographs
by terramex 6y ago
...but it sure reads like one.
> If Soviets dismantle all SS–20s, we are willing to airbrush out Gorbachev’s birthmark in US photographs
- retSava 6y agoI wonder if that's some kind of cheeky remark internal between the SoS and the assistant, or if there was actually a real thought to do this. Ofc, cheap price, but seriously? Did they believe Gorbachev (spelling) was that vain? Was he? edit: also, "make the world safe for conventional warfare". Hmpf.
- p_l 6y agoIt reads less as humor if you learn that the only reason Intermediate Missile Ban Treaty happened was that USA was going to use its failure to damage anti-nuke protests and peace movements by proposing "unreasonable ban that Soviets will surely reject". To utter surprise, the opening argument for "total ban on IRBMs" got accepted wholesale.
- UncleSlacky 6y agoI've seen Soviet-era posters with his birthmark airbrushed out, so I guess it's possible.
- dash2 6y agoThe whole thing is a spoof, dude. Read the footnotes.