Don't give the current guy any ideas @BeschlossDC
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Thanks Mr Beschloss, as always
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If JFK read that letter, my Dad would’ve been in conflict. Was waiting on tarmac in San Antonio, TX. But, pulled back.
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JFK was just lucky Soviets blinked. He had totally blundered w Bay of Pigs which led to Cuban Missile Crisis. Total neophyte
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He was smart enough to wait and let back channels seek an appropriate compromise. Neophyte - yes, but he was a quick learner.
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Wait, you mean in Pres Kennedy's explanation of attack on Cuba, there's no "calm before the storm" phrasing?
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We need the rest of it.
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In 1962 the POTUS protected the world from his generals. Today the generals protect the world from the POTUS.
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Michael, can you imagine how Trump would have handled a Cuban missile crisis?
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How many know, I wonder, that the U.S. had missiles in Turkey aimed at Moscow long before the Soviets installed theirs.
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/2..& that the removals were mutual, but the U.S. asked for the news of their Turkey missiles removal to be kept quiet.
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Yes, as an Air Force officer we stood ready in Guantanamo, then ready in Florida with our orders in hand to invade Cuba by air drop only to experience several "stand downs" 'till the invasion was canceled. (Oct. 20-24, 1962)
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Wow. Thanks.
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