http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" <guyfawke...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert <babajii_99@> wrote: > > > > I was surprised to hear Gregg Braden claim, that the Soviet Union, during > > the 1983-1984 period, was considering a '1st strike', against the United > > States...saying that the Soviets were afraid the U.S. was considering > > retailiation over a passenger jet, which was shot down over Soviet air > > space. The show can be downloaded below. He credits the large group which > > was assembled in Fairfield, at that time, for settling down the influences, > > which were very unstable at the time... > > > > The closest we came was on September 26th 1983, well before the TOU. See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov > > Braden has just swallowed the TMO line on things without thinking about it > carefully. >