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The X-Men Didn't Save Us

Joe Cirincione | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Cuban Missile Crisis, X-Men, Missile Defense, United States, Kevin Bacon, Mutants, X-Men: First Class, World War III, Robert McNamara, Soviet Union, Entertainment News
Joe Cirincione

It wasn't the mutants. It was humans that caused the Cuban Missile Crisis. Only luck saved us from nuclear war. But other than that, the new film, X-Men: First Class, gets a lot right about the historic crisis that is central to its plot.

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McCain: World War III Would Justify Draft

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain on the Draft, Military Draft, Mccain World War Iii, World War III, McCain Draft, Mccain Wwiii, Mccain Reinstate the Draft, John McCain, Mccain Military Draft, Politics News

John McCain said last night during a campaign tele-conference that he would bring back a military draft in the United States only in the case of a 'Wo...

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Will Thomas

Cheney On His Iran Rhetoric: "I Did It Once, I'll Do It Again"

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Weapons of Mass Destruction, War With Iran, Iran, National Intelligence Estimate, World War III, Nie Iran Report, Dick Cheney, White House Press Conference, Warwire, War on Terror, Stephen Hadley, Ratcheting Rhetoric, Politics News

Now that the new National Intelligence Estimate suggests Iran shelved its nuclear weapons program in 2003, will the White House be moving away from it...

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Press Briefing: Bush Learned Of NIE Iran Findings 'In The Last Few Months,' But Continued Rhetoric

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House Press Conference, Iran, Warwire, War With Iran, War on Terror, Nie Iran Report, Bush Administration, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Stephen Hadley, Ratcheting Rhetoric, National Intelligence Estimate, World War III, Dick Cheney, Politics News

This afternoon, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley held a press briefing on the new National Intelligence Estimate, which concludes that Iran st...

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