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> most of the rest of the world has fine relations with Cuba Most of the rest of the world didn't get Soviet nuclear missiles pointed at them by Cuba.
by throwawayq3423 2y ago
> most of the rest of the world has fine relations with Cuba
Most of the rest of the world didn't get Soviet nuclear missiles pointed at them by Cuba.
- Log_out_ 2y agoEveryone in europe had to be fine with that for the whole cold war. Never understood the american hysterics during the cuban missile crisis. Like the END wasnt real before and after.Manifest destiny for exceptional Hipocrasy.
- apexalpha 2y agoThis is 60 years ago... In that same timeframe the EU was formed and grown to 26 nations including roughly 10 that pointed nuclear missiles at each other one time.
- Gud 2y agoWhat time was that? There aren't even ten nations in the EU with nuclear weapons.
- kzrdude 2y agoJust like Cuba didn't really itself point missiles towards the US (it was the soviets), the Warsaw pact nations inside current EU were used as Soviet proxies too.
- Gud 2y agoOk, I still don't get it then. The Warsaw pact nations were not planning on using their nukes on other European nations with nuclear weapons, to avoid getting nuked themselves. This is documented in the (formerly) secret war plans that were released by the Czech republic.
- throwawayq3423 2y agoNot only did Cuba allow for missiles to be there, Castro specifically argued to use them. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/opinion/castro-wanted-a-nuclear-strike.html https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/opinion/castro-wanted-a-n...
- throwawayq3423 2y agohttps://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/americas/russian-navy-cuba-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/americas/russian-navy-cuba-in...
- thiagoharry 2y agoYou know that this was a response for american missiles being placed on Turkey, right? By your comment, I assume that you also agree with Russia, when they criticize NATO expansion around their borders, right?
- kgwgk 2y agoBy your comment, I assume that you don't see a difference between "not having a commercial relationship with a country" and "invading and annexing a country".
- thiagoharry 2y agoCuba was being invaded at that time (Bay of Pigs Invasion, later there was also discussion about a false flag attack to kill people, blame Cuba and then justify an invasion). From the point of view of Cuba, the Russian missiles were a way to ensure that other invasions would not happen again. If the missile crises were not solved, then the conflict would escalate to a war, but fortunately, it did not happen.
- throwawayq3423 2y agoYou have shifted to the justification for the threat, which is not what we are talking about. Castro not only accepted the missiles, he demanded they be used: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/opinion/castro-wanted-a-nuclear-strike.html https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/23/opinion/castro-wanted-a-n... If you are arguing this is normal or in some way explainable, I don't know what to tell you. There is ample reason why relations aren't good and you cannot exclusively blame others (the US) for it.