htuttle
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sat Sep-06-03 01:15 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
12. At the same time the Soviets had nukes in Cuba |
|
...we had nukes in Turkey, right across the Soviets border. One of the little known concessions Kennedy gave out to solve the missile crisis was that we'd give up the missiles in Turkey in exchange for the missiles leaving Cuba.
Stalin was LONG dead by that time, and discredited inside the Soviet Union to boot.
It's come out since the 80's that many of the 'missiles' that were paraded through Red Square on May Day were, in fact, HOLLOW TUBES. Their economy was on the ropes for the last 20 years of their existence.
So, yes. The threat was exaggerated.
|