Re: US Presidents acting nuts

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> So the madman strategy is for the US to act like you're not going to
> chicken (like Mad Max Mel Gibson in the film "Ransom") so that the
> USSR will chicken (because it wants to avoid number 4). Thus, the US
> gets what it wants (number 2).

I didn't want to go overboard with the movies, but I nearly mentioned
another Mel Gibson flick. Remember that scene in the first "Lethal Weapon"
where he is dressed like Santa Claus in an undercover sting? When he tells
the 3 bad guys that they are under arrest, they tell him that he must be
crazy (ie, outnumbered). He says, "You want to see crazy? This is *crazy*"
and proceeds to slap himself in the face like one of the 3 stooges. Who
knows, we'd probably be better off with Gibson than the turd that's there now.

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