Could this be true, or was there far more to it than that (see red bit below)?

And once again it was Russians who saved the world.

I think the old fella is maybe romanticising things a touch. Sure to have been a chain of command & like he hints on, several criteria had to be met to constitute validity.
It’s a nice thought, but more than likely an over simplified fairy tale, make a good film though.

Death is just a computer glitch away. Always.

^^ Read that in the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi, not sure why, just did.

Because you find him hot.

Very weak, must do better.

you probably imagined that in Obi-Wan’s voice, too, ya perv

No, still bored, try again.

Trying to milk it ‘til it is dry, eh?
Just like your boyfriend

Tumbleweed.

Wow! That’s wild! I hadn’t heard of this before! It’s an amazing testament to humans using their gut feelings and winning out over a mindless machine.

You could argue that he was a Russian Terminator, the good kind in T2, only not as muscular, or Austrian, or wealthy, or dumb.

@ucme You’re not supposed to say “dumb” it’s “special” instead. He’s a special man. See, now doesn’t that sound better? Everyone knows what that means…

@DWW25921 “Special needs” maybe.

@ucme Well sure! There are special buses and special schools and everything! Now if I were to say, “You should wear your special helmet today.” That would sound a lot better than, “Put this on so you don’t get even dumber.”

You talking to your special friend now?

Yes… (sigh) My mommy says I’m special. Um… Will you be my friend? I don’t have any friends. I hope he says yes and doesn’t pick on me…

You got a fwend in me, yeah you got a fwend in me…

Yay! Yay! Yay! I like apples do you like apples?
I hope he likes apples

My special fwend Adam loves em, me, I don’t see the ap-peel.

My mommy says they’re at the store and ya gotta pay fer ‘em.