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Old 07-28-2007, 11:51 AM   #107
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead View Post
The Cuban Missle Crisis was the USSR's response to the US putting mid-range nuclear missles in Turkey. If the US could put Nukes on USSR's doorstep, the USSR wanted to be able to do the same; and after the Bay of Pigs, Castro was ammenable to anything that would provide additional protection from the US.

1961 was an eventful year.
So it could be said that Kennedy created the crisis but, also reacted well
to it when it came along.
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