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ER — 4/21/2007 11:48:44 PM (archived)

Well you have to admit the Russians had a point. We had no business criticizing their missiles in Cuba when we were flaunting missiles in Turkey.

Kennedy did point out the Turkish missiles were different because they had been installed openly as a deterrent, not secretly to present a fait accompli at a later time.

But it was only a token concession on Kennedy's part, ICBMs were being developed that made the Turkish IRBMs obsolete for deterrent purposes (although not for first-strike purposes)..

I hadn't forgotten about them, I just felt they were irrelevant to the discussion. But now that you bring it up...what about the threat to install cruise missiles in Europe...

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It ain't gonna run on Fox - "'Devastating' Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq Coming " - Bowser - 4/20/2007 4:40:47 PM
- It all depends on yur point of view - ER - 4/20/2007 8:08:36 PM
  - Reagan and treason - FrankC - 4/21/2007 5:19:55 PM
    - re: Reagan and treason - ER - 4/21/2007 7:47:42 PM
      - re: treason - TB - 4/21/2007 10:16:28 PM
        
        Negotiation is done in public. - ER - 4/21/2007 10:26:35 PM
        
        Treason - TB - 4/21/2007 10:37:08 PM
        
        None dare call it treason - ER - 4/21/2007 11:02:04 PM
        
        Cuban missile crisis - TB - 4/21/2007 11:16:21 PM
        
        re: Cuban missile crisis - ER - 4/21/2007 11:48:44 PM
        
        "Token concession" - TB - 4/22/2007 2:51:42 AM
        
        Secret treaties - ER - 4/22/2007 4:15:03 AM
        
        re: Secret treaties - TB - 4/22/2007 6:41:57 AM
        
        The other short version - Tony - 4/23/2007 5:55:49 PM
        
        Sophistry - ER - 4/22/2007 12:04:32 PM
        
        Treason - TB - 4/22/2007 8:23:13 PM
        
        re: Treason - ER - 4/22/2007 9:35:31 PM
        
        re: Treason - gbaikie - 4/22/2007 10:48:59 PM
  - Yeah, the press didn't pick on Reagan at all. Good grief. (n/t) - TB - 4/20/2007 8:28:30 PM
    - "Gimme that ol' black-and-white thinkin', gimme that ol' - - - " - Bowser - 4/20/2007 9:14:49 PM
      - Any thinking is better than none. - TB - 4/21/2007 12:29:48 AM
        
        Who is this Drudge, anyway? - ER - 4/21/2007 12:44:42 AM
        
        I don't think Drudge is a conservative - FrankC - 4/21/2007 5:28:30 PM
        
        You're kidding, right? (n/t) - TB - 4/21/2007 12:54:06 AM
        
        No I'm not. - ER - 4/21/2007 3:32:22 AM
        
        re: No I'm not. - gbaikie - 4/21/2007 10:25:46 AM
        
        Drudge - TB - 4/21/2007 3:57:00 PM
        
        re: Drudge - gbaikie - 4/21/2007 7:37:48 PM
        
        "It's like professional wrestling".... - Lindy - 4/21/2007 3:58:15 AM
- Shhhh - dont remind TB that most major papers endorsed the war on Iraq - Tony - 4/20/2007 7:03:05 PM

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