The naysayers of that period now appear to be oh-so-foolish: those "ban the bomb" nitwits have now seen the fall of their beloved Soviet Union, and those all-too-strident critics of Star Wars now can see the fruits of SDI research.
They would have to look. They won't look any farther than their own bumper stickers.
those "ban the bomb" nitwits have now seen the fall of their beloved Soviet Union
Funny, they don't seem to be protesting Iran getting the bomb.