“Hmm. Well, I’ve seen worse scenarios.”
This one of the lines uttered during a meeting between high-ranking American officials, which takes place towards the end of the third chapter of Watchmen. The bigwigs are being shown a projection of what the effects could be if ongoing hostilities between their nation and the Soviet Union were to suddenly erupt into thermonuclear fire.
With red dots of doom covering almost the entirety of mainland Europe – including Britain – President Nixon says the above. A few seconds later, however, it becomes clear that some of the dots will reach the east coast of the US.
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