Substantial Quotes
The Cold War had ended, and only the Russians had ICBMs that could reach the United States with nuclear weapons. There are several fail safes in case the President might be incapacitated or the biscuit might be destroyed in an accident. Nonetheless, although most others did not think the biscuit misplacement was a big deal, it was for Shelton who did not realize that if the President ever had to trigger a massive nuclear retaliation it would have already become too late for the world and at worst the President would have been delayed in killing tens of millions of Russians in retaliation for the actions of the officers who ordered the original attack. The quotation illustrates the large difference in values that prevailed in what had become a polarized America.
