[FPSPACE] OT: notes of Oak Ridge Comm. Lecture - Thomas Reed's "Atthe Abyss"

[Jens Kieffer-Olsen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert G Kennedy III [mailto:robot at ultimax.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:20 AM
> Subject: [FPSPACE] OT: notes of Oak Ridge Comm. Lecture - 
> Thomas Reed's "Atthe Abyss"
> 
> 1962: During Cuban Missile Crisis, 98 nukes were on the 
> ground in Cuba.
> Gravity bombs for IL-28 bombers, warheads for antiship 
> missiles, torps, etc. Due to long communication line,
> Khrushchev preauthorized weapons release by General Pliyev
> in Cuba. Kennedys made back-channel deal, averted disaster,
> both sides removed nukes, US gave Fidel lifetime free pass.

 Is it only me who suspects that the US gave Saddam Hussein
 a 10-year free pass in return for release of the hostages
 during the lead-up to the Gulf War?

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Jens Kieffer-Olsen
Slagelse, Denmark