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2016-05-26 02:22:26 Post No. 1194327
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2016-05-26 02:22:26
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>Cuban Missile Crisis
>Common belief is that Kennedy stood up to an unreasonable Khrushchev who wanted to do the unthinkable and sneakily plant missiles in Cuba so as to get the first strike in a Nuclear war
>throughout 1962 prior to October
>be Kennedy
>be assblasted about Bay of Pigs, a literal and unprovoked invasion that was crushed
>terrorise the shit out of cargo ships heading to Cuba using exiles
>organise covert hit and run attacks on Cuban mainland that include shooting up hotels with Soviet officials in them
>covert attacks that blow up bridges, docks and factories that kill hundreds of civilians
>authorise this little gem: http://fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsam-jfk/nsam181.htm
>literal planned time for a second invasion of Cuba is in October
How come this doesn't ever get mentioned? With all this in mind, Khrushchev was pretty justified in sending missiles as a deterrent to keep America from invading... right? He even said as much. Also, lets not forget, Turkish airfields had B - 52s armed with nukes on 24 hour standby. ALSO Khrushchev contacted Kennedy first on Oct 26 by letter literally saying he'll take out the missiles as long as he doesn't attack Cuba anymore (spoiler alert: Kennedy administration would go on to conduct many more covert terrorist attacks on Cuba including civilian targets)
Why does the American government allowed to keep getting away with this?