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    Fifty Years Ago: The Cuban Missile Crisis

    On October 14, 1962, photographs taken by a US aircraft showed strong evidence that the Soviet Union was building nuclear missile sites on the island of Cuba. The top brass saw no option: Invade Cuba and take out those missiles. Kill all the Russians that you have to in order to get the job...
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    ex Sec of Defense Robert McNamara: "US nuclear policy is immoral"

    Robert McNamara, who served as US secretary of defence under President John F Kennedy and President Lyndon B Johnson from 1961 to 1968 and as president of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981, and who is the author of several books including "Blundering Into Disaster: Surviving the First Century of...
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    For RandFan

    RandFan, since you have doubted my contention that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, I thought that you might be interested in what Robert McNamara had to say, as mentioned here.
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