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The closest we ever were to nuclear war was smack dab in the middle of the Vietnam war, and arguable partially because of the Vietnam war.
On atrocities in Vietnam:
Sure a lot of soldier are going to deny it.# Many are too ashamed, or do not believe what they did was an atrocity.# For every soldier who denies it, I'm sure you can find one who doesn't.# It's all heresay.#
What did Kerry have to gain by making it public anyway?# If anything, he was risking a lot of trouble.
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The closest we ever were to nuclear war was smack dab in the middle of the Vietnam war, and arguable partially because of the Vietnam war.
It was? Do not tell me that the tensions between the US and the Soviet Union and the warheads being transported into Cuba was all for not? And when JFK told the Soviet Union to back down, and the nation was on standby for 13 days, that wasn't close to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missle Crisis?
http://www.cia.gov/csi/monograph/coldwar/source.htm
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Yeah thanks. I'm aware of the Cuban Missile Crisis. I should have said at the beginning of the Vietnam War.
The Cuban missile crisis occurred when the U.S. was building up troops in Vietnam. Cuba strengthened it's military alliance with the Soviets partially in response to the military build up in Vietnam.
So I stand by what I said.
And btw, I won't watch the movie "13 Days" because it is biased towards the American perspective, and unless I can see a movie showing the Cuban and Soviet perspective, then I refuse. :P