Dr. Strangelove

This movie takes a very satirical, dark view of war and politics. The character who started the whole mess made decisions that could affect millions based on his own crackpot personal beliefs. I think that the most disturbing thing about this movie is that it's possible for a situation similar to the one in the movie to actually occur. Tensions are running high between the United States and another country, a military leader makes an unauthorized decision, and a nuclear war would erupt. Now, it wouldn't be exactly like the movie. For starters, it wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. Hopefully the country we attacked wouldn't have an automated Doomsday device that winds up destroying the world. But in the real world, a pale imitation of the zany situation the movie shows us could probably occur through incompetent world leaders coupled with confusion concerning military orders.