WTF | October 22, 2007 | 1 comment

October 22nd: the Brink of War

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Oct. 22, 1962:President Kennedy goes on television and informs the world that the Soviet Union has placed missile installations in Cuba, only 90 miles from the American mainland.
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1 comment // October 22nd: the Brink of War

  • Tori
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      Tori  
    • And in 45 years...how much has changed? Russia is still pissed about what we're doing "next door" (this time with missile defense), and they're bolstering countries the US is, to put it mildly, not getting along with (Iran).

      Let's hope we never get as close to nuclear war again as we did in October of 1962!

    • 4 years ago
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