Remember, also that this is JUST AFTER DANIEL GOES GLOWY. The Russians Jack is so very thoroughly objecting to are the ones who are going to join SG1 and take Daniel's place. So he may be more vehement than usual, yeah.
While that level of anti-Russian sentiment rings odd by the 1990s, it was very common here in the US in the 1950s up through the early 1970s. Jack isn't that much older than I am, but older enough that he would have gotten more of it (frex, he'd clearly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, while I pretty much don't). "Better Dead Than Red." "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been A Member Of The Communist Party?" Khrushchev shouting "We will bury you!"
No American my age does *not* know how long it would take the ICBMs to make it over the Pole and trip the DEWline, or what Strike Zone they live in (I am proud to say I have always lived in a First Strike Zone...) We did atomic bomb drills in school while I was in first and second grade: my school was near Livermore Labs...
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While that level of anti-Russian sentiment rings odd by the 1990s, it was very common here in the US in the 1950s up through the early 1970s. Jack isn't that much older than I am, but older enough that he would have gotten more of it (frex, he'd clearly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, while I pretty much don't). "Better Dead Than Red." "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been A Member Of The Communist Party?" Khrushchev shouting "We will bury you!"
No American my age does *not* know how long it would take the ICBMs to make it over the Pole and trip the DEWline, or what Strike Zone they live in (I am proud to say I have always lived in a First Strike Zone...) We did atomic bomb drills in school while I was in first and second grade: my school was near Livermore Labs...
Ah, the joys of the Cold War.