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The best article I've seen on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Craig234 said:
The nukes in Turkey had been a provocation by Eisenhower and were a leading cause of the Soviets seeking parity with nukes in Cuba, one of two causes along with our threat to Cuba.

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Incorrect on both counts.
 
Craig234 said:
The speculation is quite reasonable and informed. The main question is around just how far it would have escalated in the nuclear exchange.
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Yes, and that is purely speculative. I do not condemn such speculation, but it is speculation.
 
Thoreau72 said:
Yes, and that is purely speculative. I do not condemn such speculation, but it is speculation.
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Well, 'if you go into a police station and start shooting, they will probably shoot back at you' is speculation, but so what? The point is the information and the likely consequences. False notions of what was likely are not helpful, accurate speculation is.
 
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