JFK stood up to Kurschiev; backed him down— and plotted to OFF Fidel. And in light of the demon666rats to follow those are sterling accomplishments.
“JFK stood up to Kurschiev; backed him down”
JFK backed down at Bay fo Pigs, in summits and when berlin wall went up. his failures to stand up then created the cuban missile crisis, because the USSR thought they could push him around. Similarly, we saw thatin 1979 with USSR afghanistan invasion and in 1950 when south korea was attacked: We project weakness and they tried to exploit it. and a consequence of the ‘deal’ after cuban missile crisis was to allow a soviet satellite 90 miles from our shore, a situation that continued until the USSR fell apart.
IMHO, the Cuban Missile Crisis is an example of why JFK was NOT a good President.
“and plotted to OFF Fidel.” Plotted? Well, he failed. Another reason from democrats to love him.
The truth is the Russians saw JFK for what he was when he refused to send the promised air support to the men he left stranded on the beach at the Bay of Pigs. That's what led the Ruskies to start building up A-weapons in Cuba.
Saint Jack had to play rough, or at least give the appearance of playing rough from that point in.
The reality is that there was a secret deal, a quid pro quo with the U.S. secretly removing missiles from Turkey in exchange for the Russians pulling missiles out of Cuba. It was kept secret so JFK could once again play the hero for the enraptured women voters of America.
And in light of the demon666rats to follow those are sterling accomplishments.
Well, one of the demon666rats to follow was William Jefferson Blythe and he did his best to imitate Saint Jack's sterling moral character.