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To: michael97123 who wrote (406671)8/15/2008 10:24:09 AM
From: HPilot  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576346
 
a mistake to remove the unstable, disfunctional jupiter from turkish border so not to have a nuke exchange with russia at that time in 1962. You are a clown.

Yes a huge mistake, Kennedy made a mistake to start the War of Pigs, and then to wait too long over the missile crisis, then to give in too much at the end. BTW the Jupiter's were neither dysfunctional nor unstable, they simply did not have the range of the Atlas missile's. That was only an excuse to make it sound like this was a smart move.



To: michael97123 who wrote (406671)8/15/2008 10:25:11 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576346
 
a mistake to remove the unstable, disfunctional jupiter from turkish border so not to have a nuke exchange with russia at that time in 1962. You are a clown.

It was important enough that THEY wanted the concession, so I wouldn't minimize it.

We rewarded Russian aggression. Reagan would never have done this.

JFK did a pretty good job with the crisis, but in the end, this was a blunder. You don't reward behavior that you disapprove of.


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