Dr. Strangelove Revisited
A Modest Prediction

You’re thinking about what a great seven-plus years you’ve had remaking the world, both foreign and domestic. And you further think about the truly imperial perks you have come to enjoy a whole lot.

You further get to thinking about what it’s going to be like 1) to give up those perks (no more Air Force One, No more Air Force Two, no more motorcades everywhere you go), and 2) to hand over the reins to the bunch of pinko liberals that your favorite news channel is always on about.

What to do, what to do.

What if there were some way to fix things so… IT DOESN’T STOP. What if there was some way to extend the reign of The Team… indefinitely?

Hmmm.

How about taking out a city and blaming in on you-know-who?

That ought to do the trick. You’d be able to get instant martial law. Given the supine Supreme Court and the cowed Congress, why, you’d be able to suspend elections… indefinitely, while The Team exacted big-time revenge on you-know-who.

With the number of weapons available, revenge would pretty much mean the end of you-know-who and all their troublesome associated tribes for the foreseeable future.

Sounds good.

You get to stay, keep your perks, and fix the world, all at one roll of the nuclear dice.

So.

The only problem is: which city?

In an ideal world you could sacrifice a fairly small community like, oh, say, Akron, or Des Moines, or Lubbock. The problem is, it wouldn’t be convincing. Who’s going to believe that The Evil Ones would waste a nuclear weapon on Lubbock?

Nope. The truth has to be faced. There’s only one city 1) that is really worth getting rid of and 2) whose loss would be instantly blamable on, well, you-know-who.

Bye-bye, D.C.

Good riddance, now that you think about it.

Hello, brave new world.

Sure there will be difficulties. Five or ten million dead or dying from radiation poisoning. Then, after the riposte, with much of the Middle East in ruins, the world will suffer a bit of—well, probably a huge—economic slow-down as the flow of oil drops to a trickle.

The important thing is: The Team will still be intact (having been ushered out of town just in time) and in control.

In fact, in control like never before. Talk about super-perks!

Yes! It’s got to be done! It’s got to work! Not only for us on The Team but for the sake of all mankind and all posterity! God bless America.