The Day After Part XII

Denise has fallen severely ill, Stephen volunteers to take her to Lawrence. An address from the President gets through, sounding absolutely absurd in proclaiming that the US "did not back down in the face of conflict". Dr. Oakes collapses from exhaustion, and awakes after an unspecified amount of time only to learn from Nurse Bauer that he has terminal radiation posioning. Airman McCoy has been driven to the point of incoherence by radiation.

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• Nuclear
• war

[n0oneimportant]

I think that's the entire point of including this speech in the movie; it's supposed to be unrealistic and out of touch. It's meant to show how the President, being completely protected form the effects of the nuclear war he helped bring into being, has no clue how truly bad things are, and how completely devastates the country is.

[lothartheterrible]

Wow; someone who gets it. You're right; that was the entire point of this sequence.

[DefconWarningSystem]

@sinusbradycardia The Soviets had a nuclear survivability philosophy. They had (and have) huge structures dedicated to protecting the population in the event of a nuclear attack, believing that protecting the population will lead to quicker recovery.

The US, during Regan's time, was just beginning to believe that nuclear war could be waged on a limited basis or a full scale could be survived, but the Soviets bought into that wholeheartedly.

[PotatoGunsRule]

@sinusbradycardia The way to win a nuclear war is the way we did....deter it and never have it. Won't work with crazies though....Iran I mean.

[sinusbradycardia]

@biographco More like because of men like Gorbachev. Ronnie and his administration believed you could win a nuclear war. BTW, Russia still has a nuclear arsenal.

[sinusbradycardia]

So according the preacher, all the destroyers were destroyed and all The Lords' servants were spared and now live in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. What a God!

[SandmanCOD]

LOL The president does sound absurd. What a shame it would be if people actually thought that way and be like WELL AT LEAST WE DIDN'T BACK DOWN...wtf ?

[SandmanCOD]

War does not determine who's right, only who's left.

[dragonsofliberty]

I'm skeptical that there would be horses still alive and healthy enough to do work. All those other animals who had been left outside had keeled over dead already.

[sinusbradycardia]

"What do you see?" "Cows, poles, the usual stuff." LMAO! Not really though. I would want to be one of the lucky ones that were vaporized!

[electrogeek77]

@Crazydog7 Pass the glowing green entrails, please...

[Quantumgeometer]

watch?v=HmMMHjD7yEs The prez sounds a bit like the current one right here and now.