OscailtAll the Evidence Points to World WarThe pattern of history points to another global, catastrophic conflict*. For a third time in a hundred years imperial government are about to plunge us into total war: this time nuclear war, for the old reason – power.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2019-09-07T21:43:50+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=107210http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifCuba missile crisis near castropherehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/107210#comment3016762019-09-07T21:43:50+00:00TWhat many people do not realize is that during the Cuban missile crisis when the...What many people do not realize is that during the Cuban missile crisis when the US had imposed a naval blockade on Cuba is that when the stand off was at it's most intense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff consisting of the head of the Navy, head of the Army, head of the Air Force, head of the CIA and others insisted that Kennedy launch a pre-emptive strike on Cuba. And when he did not and instead negotiated his way out of the crisis they were as mad as hell with him. They wanted a nuclear war and they were unanimous about it.<br />
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It was well known then that the military felt they should have a nuclear war with the USSR and wipe them out.<br />
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What the Joint Chiefs of Staff were unaware of is that field commanders in Cuba who were in charge of nuclear artillery weapons had already been granted clearance to use the weapons if attacked. These had a range of 15 miles or so and would have easily wiped out some of the deployed aircraft carriers in the area.<br />
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There is without doubt that had they attacked there would have been a full scale nuclear war, because practically every available plane (i.e B-52s) capable of carrying nuclear weapons were already in the air and armed -on both sides.<br />
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So what people do not realize the fate of humanity on that fateful down was narrowed down to just one person and it was Kennedy. Had he NOT gone against the advice of the Joint Chief of Staffs, we can safely say that vast majority of people reading this would be alive. Only for the humanity and intelligence of Kennedy, hundreds if not thousands of nuclear weapons would have gone off and it would have been followed by a nuclear winter which probably would have ended human life as we know it on Earth.<br />
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Today we still have the same mentality.<br />
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BTW, within a year Kennedy was dead and it is very likely he was killed by the CIA/Military for his betrayal and cowardice as they would see it, during the crisis.before you give Kennedy all the credit for saving the world, remember it was his lot who started the escalation.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/107210#comment3016772019-09-14T01:00:12+00:00Bolton's moustacheThe missiles in Cuba were just a response to US missiles being stationed in Turk...The missiles in Cuba were just a response to US missiles being stationed in Turkey<br />
rather than a unilateral provocation by the USSR.<br />
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The US (i.e. Kennedy) quietly agreed to remove them in return for Kruschev standing down in Cuba.<br />
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All Kennedy did is try to fix something the US government were responsible for breaking in the first place.<br />
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And Kennedy was on so many drugs and painkillers at the time of the negotiations<br />
that we are all really lucky to be alive frankly!!<br />
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Kruschev gets far too little credit for his part in the de escalation in my opinion.Between who? (between which alliances)http://www.indymedia.ie/article/107210#comment3016842019-10-05T22:44:45+00:00Mike NovackWe might have war, and war that went nuclear. For example, war could break out b...We might have war, and war that went nuclear. For example, war could break out between India and Pakistan and both of them have nukes. But horrible as that would be, not a world war. A world war is a war between alliances, many countries on each side. Discussing the Cuba Missile Crisis simply points out how different the geopolitical situation then vs now when there isn't even a cold war. <br />
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BTW, it will probably take longer before historians consider this, but in my opinion, the "Cold War" WAS determined by nuclear, just not nuclear war. Consider the situation were the outcomes at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island reversed. Instead of the Soviet Union losing the northern Ukraine, the US had lost eastern PA, NJ, southeastern NY, some of MD, Delaware, etc.