General Discussion

but I have studied it later as a student of history,
and read Robert Kennedy's book about it, 'Thirteen Days', among other things later

which left out the secret negotiating point that the U.S. agreed to withdraw
medium range missiles from Turkey,
(which we considered obsolete at the time, and had already planned
to de-commision), in return for the withdrawl of Russian missiles from Cuba.


(Later on, my right-wing raised best friend brought this point up
as a supposed support for the position that
President Kennedy had actually 'buckled under' to Russia)....

Yes, still glad that we had some 'smart people'
in control of the executive branch at that time,
so that I could later be born!


((and shuddering now with Drowsy-Diaper-Don
with his finger on the 'nuclear trigger'
who seems to hate ALL of us, even his own supporters!))