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> Well, they did agitate all over Africa and LatAM in conjunction with KGB operatives This implies implicit US dominion over Africa and latam. KGB was supporte

> Well, they did agitate all over Africa and LatAM in conjunction with KGB operatives This implies implicit US dominion over Africa and latam. KGB was supported by the Soviets, which did not face the same level of embargoes as Cuba did.

mc32 5y ago
Maybe but Khrushchev wasn’t the one begging to press the button to send the nukes over to the US. Cuba made the decision to launch and it was only Khrushchev who was able to overrule those bloodthirsty Castroists.
- random314 5y ago
  Argument switches in every reply don't make for a good debate. Like I said this can continue indefinitely. Cuba has never been a nuclear power. Maybe check this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
  - mc32 5y ago
    They had the USSR's nukes on the island. They were ready to fire (unbeknownst to Kennedy). Cuba had them, and the crisis had escalated so much Cuba wanted to launch. Castro demanded they be allowed to launch[1]. But Khrushchev declined. They wanted to bomb us (and unleash Armageddon) because they felt aggrieved. Khrushchev was so taken aback by their cavalier attitude towards nukes that he took them back. So yes, for a few months they were a nuclear power. This is confirmed by the USSR archives of that time plus interviews with Cuban officials back in the 90s where they conceded they wanted to bomb us and only Khrushchev kept it from happening. [1]https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-defendcuba/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-def... Excerpt of above link (Khrushchev's response to Castro): "In your cable of October 27 you proposed that we be the first to carry out a nuclear strike against the enemy's territory. Naturally you understand where that would lead us. It would not be a simple strike, but the start of a thermonuclear world war."
    - random314 5y ago
      Once again I would encourage you to read the wikipedia article with all the references.
      - mc32 5y ago
        I would suggest you read Khrushchev's response to Castro's request to Launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US. Castro was about to unleash WWIII and resulting in millions of deaths (even Nikita said so). So yeah, I'm not bothered by the sanctions.

mc32 5y ago

Maybe but Khrushchev wasn’t the one begging to press the button to send the nukes over to the US. Cuba made the decision to launch and it was only Khrushchev who was able to overrule those bloodthirsty Castroists.

random314 5y ago
Argument switches in every reply don't make for a good debate. Like I said this can continue indefinitely. Cuba has never been a nuclear power. Maybe check this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
- mc32 5y ago
  They had the USSR's nukes on the island. They were ready to fire (unbeknownst to Kennedy). Cuba had them, and the crisis had escalated so much Cuba wanted to launch. Castro demanded they be allowed to launch[1]. But Khrushchev declined. They wanted to bomb us (and unleash Armageddon) because they felt aggrieved. Khrushchev was so taken aback by their cavalier attitude towards nukes that he took them back. So yes, for a few months they were a nuclear power. This is confirmed by the USSR archives of that time plus interviews with Cuban officials back in the 90s where they conceded they wanted to bomb us and only Khrushchev kept it from happening. [1]https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-defendcuba/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-def... Excerpt of above link (Khrushchev's response to Castro): "In your cable of October 27 you proposed that we be the first to carry out a nuclear strike against the enemy's territory. Naturally you understand where that would lead us. It would not be a simple strike, but the start of a thermonuclear world war."
  - random314 5y ago
    Once again I would encourage you to read the wikipedia article with all the references.
    - mc32 5y ago
      I would suggest you read Khrushchev's response to Castro's request to Launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US. Castro was about to unleash WWIII and resulting in millions of deaths (even Nikita said so). So yeah, I'm not bothered by the sanctions.