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Just like Cuba wanted to host Soviet missiles in 1962. Oddly, the US didn't think 'there is nothing we can do' and was about to start WW3 over it.
by gdy 4y ago
Just like Cuba wanted to host Soviet missiles in 1962.
Oddly, the US didn't think 'there is nothing we can do' and was about to start WW3 over it.
- iSnow 4y agoSo, uhm, which country in central/eastern Europe hosts NATO nuclear missiles again? That's just whataboutism.
- js8 4y agoAccording to https://icanw.org https://icanw.org, Germany and Turkey currently host U.S. nuclear weapons.
- gdy 4y agoAnd Russia isn't about to sink American ships. Yet. Here is NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talking about moving American nukes to Eastern Europe. [0] "The alternative to NATO nuclear sharing is different kinds of bilateral arrangements and also the risk of having, you know, nuclear weapons also . . . so, of course, Germany can, of course, decide whether there will be nuclear weapons in your country, but the alternative is that we easily end up with nuclear weapons in other countries in Europe, also to the east of Germany." And please don't use the word 'whataboutism' unless you want to say "I have double standards." [0] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_188772.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_188772.htm
- phicoh 4y agoThat's obviously where Russia went wrong. The US made stupid mistakes when it comes to Cuba, but with the Soviet missiles they made it stick. In contrast, Russia thought that could take over a country while Europe and the US would sit still. Then when that didn't happen, Russia didn't figure out that something was going wrong. So they got a complete economic boycott and they are letting Ukraine destroy most of the Russian army. Soon Russia will be a country with no economy to speak of and no army.