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the only secret thing was the agreement from JFK to remove missiles from Turkey, that part was hidden from the public to artificially prop up JFK's image as tou
by slt2021 1y ago
the only secret thing was the agreement from JFK to remove missiles from Turkey, that part was hidden from the public to artificially prop up JFK's image as tough on Soviets, while in reality:
1. Blockade was not full, two American warships, the USS Essex and the USS Gearing, were ready to intercept tanker Bucharest, which could have led to war. Instead, Kennedy ordered to let the Bucharest through the quarantine
2. U-2 plane was shot down and Maj. Rudolf Anderson has died
as for "weapons and cash continue to pour" - it does not conflict with the Russian strategy, you might be surprised, but it is perfectly fine for Russians, that the US's allies are expending their resources on overpriced US military gear, that is dependent on Chinese rare earth exports
- vkou 1y agoBucharest was a tanker that was not believed to carry nuclear weapons, and the public point of the blockade was to prevent nuclear weapons from being shipped to Cuba. If Kennedy was a yellowbelly, what was a 'strong man' supposed to do in his place? End civilization over it? Your hyperfocus on 'winning' every confrontation, no matter the value, and no matter the risk - is destructive and incredibly dangerous. > U-2 plane was shot down and Maj. Rudolf Anderson has died Could you remind us what that U-2 plane was doing, and where it was while doing it? You can't honestly hold the Soviet bloc to blame for shooting down an enemy aircraft over its own territory... Or view Kennedy as weak because he didn't escalate over a clear act of self-defense. They had every right to shoot him down, and everybody knew it.