McCain VP Discussion

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ManusJustus said:

rocketpig said:
I've read plenty about the CMC, thanks.

But I heartily appreciate your attempts to "educate" me on the history of my own country.

 

Its been a while since I took geopolitics in college, so I have trouble remembering all the names.  I'll just copy something from wikipeida to express my point:

Unanimously, the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed that a full-scale attack and invasion was the only solution. They agreed that the Soviets would not act to stop the U.S. from conquering Cuba; Kennedy was skeptical, saying:

They, no more than we, can let these things go by without doing something. They can't, after all their statements, permit us to take out their missiles, kill a lot of Russians, and then do nothing. If they don't take action in Cuba, they certainly will in Berlin.^[20]

^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Missile_Crisis}

You do know the Joint Chiefs of Staff are the heads of the US military... and not the important political leaders of the US right?

The Joint Cheifs of Staff's solution to everything is to invade it.

They'll suggest invading Pizza Hut if their pizza hasn't been delivered withing 30 minutes or less.