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billyhoffman on April 20, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did Israel steal bomb-grade uranium from the Unite...

General "Buck" Turgidson: Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap!"

President Merkin Muffley: [Turns to Strangelove] You mean people could actually stay down there for a hundred years?

Dr. Strangelove: It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could - heh, I'm sorry, Mr. President - nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely...

judk on April 20, 2014 [–]

> Dr. Strangelove: It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could - heh, I'm sorry, Mr. President -

This makes much more sense after learning the story of Werner von Braun (via Tom Lehrer's song)

Fully appreciating that movie requires a lot of knowledge of history.

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