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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2016

    Castro's recklessness during the missile crisis (along with Khrushchev's & Kennedy's) nearly destroyed the world. Worth thinking about.

    10:21 AM - 26 Nov 2016
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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Castro was a nationalist (specifically an anti-American nationalist) first & a socialist second (almost as a byproduct).

        10 replies 25 retweets 68 likes
      3. Morgan Mik.‏ @SoccerPharaoh 26 Nov 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        - I think he was more so anti-American hegemony more than anything. Don't think he had beef with American citizens.

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      1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2016
        Replying to @bklyngap

        At one point he was urging the Soviet's to attack America.

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      1. aging & raging ⚡️‏ @13wildhare 26 Nov 2016
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        since we just handed over the nukes to mr volatilepic.twitter.com/g4haCUsBGs

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      1. Figment  ⚗️, 🌵, Patriots Wear  😷 & get  💉 🇺🇦 🇺🇦‏ @Figment_Imagine 26 Nov 2016
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        .@HeerJeet @joshtpm And I'm sure you were alive, lived through it, and remember everything that went on - right?

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      1. byskog‏ @byskog 26 Nov 2016
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        byskog Retweeted Benjamin Norton

        Worth thinking about: The embargo on Cuba intented to bring about hunger, desperation, overthrow of gov.https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/802455775528398848 …

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        Benjamin NortonVerified account @BenjaminNorton
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        Why did the US impose an embargo on Cuba? In its words: “to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of gov.” http://www.salon.com/2016/03/30/the_u_s_has_menaced_cuba_for_over_50_years_fidel_castro_is_right_to_be_wary_of_obamas_claims/ … pic.twitter.com/DFfFH9oeKb
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      1. Mamiya Man  📷  🇺🇦‏ @theMamiyaMan 26 Nov 2016
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        Funny how people respond to assasination attempts, eh?

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      1. Walt Stone‏ @Cuppacafe 26 Nov 2016
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        My brother was in junior high in Tampa when they issued all the students dog tags. MacDill being in range and all.

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      1. Sean O'Hara‏ @noculottes 26 Nov 2016
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        Shh! We aren't supposed to talk about how the US had nukes on Soviet border in Turkey. Can't tarnish legend of St. Jack.

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      2. Phil Stewart‏ @Retinalia 26 Nov 2016
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        .@HeerJeet @joshtpm Make the case for Kennedy's recklessness, as you attribute it?

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Retinalia

        Repeated assassination attempts against Castro (and attempted invasion) led Castro to want missiles as protection.

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