I've always appreciated the risks involved in stoking this proxy war and crossing the various red lines that they seem to have just rolled through head-first, but the enormous mind-bogglingly horrific consequences of nuclear warfare always acted to reassure me a little bit; almost saying to myself, they are idiots but they are not insane.

Now....I don't know. I grew up in the 70s and 80s when there was a real fear of nuclear war actually breaking out; the "Threads" generation if you like. I don't think I was this concerned back then.

The latest step with allowing US/NATO weapons to strike inside Russia is just jaw-droppingly bonkers, as the article at top shows. Given that a lot of the time, that will mean NATO personel involved in some way, it's really REALLY walking the razor's edge.

I might go and watch "Dr. Strangelove" while I sitll have time. Someone's going to have to answer to the Coca Cola company....possibly all of us.