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Wednesday, September 26, 2007


Twenty four years ago today, Stanislav Petrov saved the world. I find it ironic, if not expected, that he was demoted for his actions, but the military doesn't have a sense of humor about a breech in protocol. But isn't that what makes the difference between good judgment and bad judgment? Being right? He was right, so it was good judgment.

The real irony: if the Soviets had launched a full scale counter attack, I probably would have been living in a nuclear holocaust instead of watching it on TV as a fourth grader and being scared shitless. At the time, I had no idea how close we really were.

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