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Title: 53 years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis began
Source: http://microsites.jfklibrary.org/cmc/
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Published: Oct 17, 2015
Author: Kennedy Library
Post Date: 2015-10-17 08:19:06 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 1692
Comments: 29

I was just a kid in the 8th grade but I remember it like it was yesterday. The link provided gives a good overview of the crisis from the Kennedy Library.


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World on the Brink - 13 Days in October, 1962

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#2. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

I was just a kid

Kennedy was an amateur at geo/political world affairs, more interested in women than adult real world.

Kruschev on the other hand was an old, hardened, poker player.

The only thing Kennedy had in his favor was the action was only 90 miles away, Kruschev was handicapped being thousands of miles away.

Militarily Kruschev would be a loser, nuclear being his only option. He was not that stupid so he backed down.

Cynicom  posted on  2015-10-17   8:51:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Cynicom (#2)

The only thing Kennedy had in his favor was the action was only 90 miles away, Kruschev was handicapped being thousands of miles away.

Militarily Kruschev would be a loser, nuclear being his only option. He was not that stupid so he backed down.

Your observation is supported by history.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2015-10-17   10:02:08 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Jethro Tull (#6)

Kennedy also had a swingin' dick Navy working for him.

We've pulled out our only aircraft carrier stationed in the Persian Gulf and have no others in the area.

To all appearances, it looks like we're limping home with our tails between our legs.

randge  posted on  2015-10-17   10:23:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: randge (#8)

To all appearances, it looks like we're limping home with our tails between our legs.

It might not be a bad idea since our political leadership hasn't been committed to battlefield victory since WWII.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2015-10-17   10:32:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Jethro Tull (#11)

our political leadership hasn't been committed to battlefield victory

Brings to mind all the more strongly the import of this quote:

Treason doth never prosper,
what's the reason?
For if it prosper,
none dare call it Treason.

John Harington

randge  posted on  2015-10-17   10:48:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: randge (#15)

Benedict Arnold was the most infamous traitor of the Revolutionary War.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_ t_arnold

BTP Holdings  posted on  2015-10-17   11:02:08 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: BTP Holdings (#17)

Benedict Arnold was a general as I recall.

Some of the finest brands of treason are manufactured in those circles.

randge  posted on  2015-10-17   11:19:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: randge (#19)

Benedict Arnold was a general as I recall.

He was, indeed. ;)

BTP Holdings  posted on  2015-10-17   12:09:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: BTP Holdings, 4um (#21)

Generals.

Will they hang a general for this one??

randge  posted on  2015-10-17   13:03:33 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: randge (#22)

Hang the SOB that ordered it done, not the crew.

Cynicom  posted on  2015-10-17   15:10:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Cynicom (#23)

Hang the SOB that ordered it done, not the crew.

An organized exhibition of finger-pointing will begin shortly.

Settle in and get your popcorn before the show starts.

randge  posted on  2015-10-17   15:15:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: randge (#24)

Hello, Nuremberg.

Lod  posted on  2015-10-17   15:24:46 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#27. To: Lod (#25)

Hello, Nuremberg.

Yes, we've been taught to recoil in reflexive horror when the phrase is heard, "We were just following orders."

But, fact is - they were just following orders.

randge  posted on  2015-10-17 15:41:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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