Viking1...
Regarding it being: "The closest we've come (I think) to all out nuclear war", I (maybe The History Channel and where I get much true info from also?) see things differently.
I figured that The Cuban Missile Crisis was purposefully orchestrated, and a masterful way of getting America's Missiles off of The Soviet Union's doorstep in Turkey. Beautiful Poker Playing.
All the phoniness of Kennedy facing The Soviets down aside,...Kennedy folded a pat hand in Turkey for a hand that hadn't even been delt-out yet in Cuba. I still wonder to this day whether The Missiles on the Soviet Ship that turned around and went back after the secret agreement, actually had REAL missiles on board (or not). I guess we'll never know?
Still, getting existing missiles off of your doorstep simply by pretending to place missiles in Cuba,...is some pretty-shrewd negotiating. It's no wonder that The Russians can waltz-us-around-so-good to this very day.
Neil
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