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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING

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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (13089)5/16/2002 8:00:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
Western Europe after WW2.

Sure, WWII. Of course, we quite obviously weren't concerned with dictatorship vs. democracy, just our own safety. But I'm talking about after WWII. Every military and CIA action of ours that I can think of was in support of a dictator and against a popular movement.

He used US muscle to get them out.

Wrong. Kruschev didn't like the American missiles in Turkey, so he put Soviet missiles in Cuba. This ploy worked - he got Kennedy to remove his missiles from Turkey. C'mon, this is basic history.

Tom
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