A follower of JFK news & history, Jerry has always been interested in the Cuban Missile Crisis.Listening to a Jeffrey Sachs interview, Sachs recommended listeners purchase Gambling With Armageddon.Dr. Fresia’s latest article, The Missile Crisis: Writing on the Wall featured at Kennedys & King. View here.Gambling with Armageddon by Martin Sherwin was the motivation for Gary’s recent writings & research. Find here.American Prometheus, written by co-author Martin J. Sherwin, the inspiration for the movie Oppenheimer. Find here.Martin Sherwin sadly passed away on October 6th, 2021. Read MoreNY Republican Senator Kenneth B. Keating outed Russian offensive weapons directed towards the United States.Keating never gave up his source. The source’s name was also deleted from secretly recorded Excom conversations.Excom was the Executive Committee that Kennedy organized to help him problem solve during the crisis.Sadly Robert Kennedy comes across as arrogant during the 13 days of meetings during the crisis.At one point, the stressed RFK concerned about his family wanted to go in & end the situation with Cuba by force.RFK was performing in a diplomatic manner through backdoor connections to Russia’s Nikita KhrushchevBoth McNamara & RFK were super loyal to JFK yet both flip flopped during this incredibly tense time.At other times, under pressure, the two men became hawkish.Initially it was agreed upon that the quarantine was the effective way to get in contact with Khrushchev.The longer the Cuban quarantine continued, the more likely it was that military intervention would be needed.Kennedy kept delaying matters, trying to fend the US war hawks off.Even if the Russians were to attack, the Generals were ordered not to fire back without JFK’s permission.What do major corporations want? Is the government enabling corporations & their covert operations?Eisenhower gave the green light for the Lumbama assassination.Why did Eisenhower hate Kennedy so much?Eisenhower had plotted The Bay of Pigs Operation, which was a way to entrap Kennedy.The Bay of Pigs would fail unless there was no intervention of US military to help it along.Eisenhower were trying to figure out how to get rid of Castro & his government before Kennedy was elected.Eisenhower in has last year was suffering from heart troubles. Was he being manipulated before his death?Americans were dropping death charges to force the Russian subs to surface.When Russian submarines lost contact with Russia, one Russian Commander refused to launch any missiles.Gary reflects on the the history of CIA’s William Harvey & how Kennedy exiled Harvey to Rome.Len notes that William Harvey is a person of interest in the JFK assassination.The Cubans & Russians were ordered to fire the missiles if the US attacked.Adlai Stevenson said from day one that he thought there was a diplomatic solution, blockade or quarantine.Stevenson told the Chief Admiral that he wasn’t allowed to do anything without JFKs permission.Kennedy made great efforts to stall the military from a full on invasion of Cuba.Eisenhower is the one who really created the Bay of Pigs operation, not JFK.US intelligence reported that there were 10,000 troops in Cuba during the crisis, but there was 40,000!CIA Director John A. McCone was the 2nd person who went around discussing hidden missiles in Cuba.Kennedy first learned about the situation on October 15th. Why so late if reports were coming in during Sept.?When referring to his family, Kennedy had said “I’d rather have them Red, than dead.”Watch Conversation with Martin Sherwin, Gambling with Armageddon13 Days by Robert F. Kennedy – Find Here.
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