Long ago and far away…in the scheme of my life…Mad Magazine was the favorite magazine for satire and farce, and making fun of the Cold War—which actually was not at all funny, and jokes about the Russians (called the Soviets then) were much in vogue. The world being divided pretty much dominated by two camps: the United States and Russians. Us and Them. The rest of the world was either with us…or against us.
The Free World—in which the benevolence of the U.S. supervised and kindly contributed to the rest of the world. Our motto: we will help you and give you goodies like weapons and allow a great measure of independence and sovereignty—as long as you do what we say. That includes voting with the U.S. in world organizations, and supporting our extensive military bases in virtually every country in the world. This has two major purposes: 1. holding strategic locations in the world from which the U.S. maintains control. 2. We will protect you from the enemy—which is namely: The Soviet Union. The old USSR—behind the Iron Curtain.
And so the present situation unfolds…and the position of good old Uncle Sam deteriorates under this virtual siege by an unstable, unknowledgeable, poorly educated minority in the United States.
God knows where it will all end.
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