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> Uh, you know this actually happened in a different Caribbean island state and, while there was a bit of a dispute about nuclear weapons that resulted in both
by darkarmani 5y ago
> Uh, you know this actually happened in a different Caribbean island state and, while there was a bit of a dispute about nuclear weapons that resulted in both alliances pulling them back from each others borders in a quid pro quo
What nuclear weapons were being placed in Ukraine? Russia's only argument is that "someday maybe, perhaps, it could possibly happen".
- dragonwriter 5y ago> What nuclear weapons were being placed in Ukraine? Ukraine is not the formerly-Soviet-backed and still Russia-friendly Caribbean island state being referenced in the piece you quote.
- munificent 5y agoThe parent comment is referring to Cuba.
- truffdog 5y agoPutin's big speech listed out NATO compatible airbases he objected to as being a soft prelude to expansion, and one of the first things they did was bomb those airbases. The Russian state really was serious about that.