Posted on 05/17/2011 6:07:28 AM PDT by SumProVita
Having experienced the Cuban Missile Crisis at the CIA, Langley, ion 1962, I have little enthusiasm for a repeat. But we may get one. A German newspaper is running a disturbing report:
BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Friday edition.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is Teheran’s most important South American ally.
Iran is building intermediate- range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from a construction firm – Khatam al-Anbia – owned by the Revolutionary Guards visited Paraguaná in February. Amir al-Hadschisadeh, the head of the Guard’s Air Force, participated in the visit, according to the report. Die Welt cited information from “Western security insiders.”
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Or nuclear weapons exploding over the U.S.
The big difference is that - for all his faults - Kennedy was a strong President, who loved his country, served in the Navy, and was willing to stand up to Castro and Khrushchev.
> The big difference is that - for all his faults - Kennedy was a strong President, who loved his country, served in the Navy, and was willing to stand up to Castro and Khrushchev.
Do you realize that there is absolutely nothing in your statement that even remotely describes the community organizer and current resident of the White House?
Roughly 30%-40% of all Americans are simply too stupid to live. It would be nice to be able to say that it was just the far left, or the Obama faction, but no such luck.
And most of the rest - up to 90-95%, seem to be victims of Stockholm Syndrome.
He knows about the Monroe Doctrine. It was by dead white imperialist oppressor males /postmodern deconstructionist Marxist mode.
Sorry it’s not as important as O’s golf rankings.
If you think this is more important you must be a racist.
“He knows about the Monroe Doctrine. It was by dead white imperialist oppressor males /postmodern deconstructionist Marxist mode.”
Lol! Yes, I believe that you have accurately described his ideologically narrow realm of knowledge.
So many people now days grow up in sheltered lives, and have no real world experiences until their mid 20’s.
They're growing up believing the nonsense that we need to understand our enemies and we need to talk to them. Fighting isn't the answer, just walk away.
They have never been taught and have never been forced to learn that “just walk away” crap only works on the school yard. In real life you turn to walk away and more often than not you end up with a knife in your kidney.
This could very easily be preparation for an EMP. Read about it in the novel “One Second After”. Not the greatest book ever written, but very sobering...
I believe you are correct on that (Kennedy being perceived as weak at the time). I think we found out later that it was by the grace of God that the missle crisis didn’t come to fruition. Kennedy did step up to the plate though.. thank goodness. I doubt this Jarret-run WH would side with the US during any future missle threats though.
My dad was stationed in GTMO during the ‘62 missle crisis. We kids (and mom) were evacuated 10-22-62 in preparation for war. (were able to return in Dec). I was in the 8th grade... but remember it well.
One thing I remember was the nonstop 24/7 military cargo planes flying right over our house as they moved everything north out of the range of the missile's.
Just a couple of miles west the planes were flying back to the south to pick up more and move it north.
We have some property they planned on using as a refuge camp if Houston needed to be evacuated.
My old man had served in WWII and was put on notice that he was subject to a recall to duty for the military presence in the area if needed. Because he was subject to recall we got 2 or 3 cans of the survival crackers and cans of water. Never did open them up and taste them, we had to turn them back in.
The military brought in surplus arms and ammo and stored it in the courthouse basement.
My old man had to sign a statement that he would be willing to order US troops to fire on American citizens if necessary. He and my mother went round and round on that one.
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