tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post7708087963384523446..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: Cuba on our parade groundDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-23365145512843476422012-10-27T23:51:18.454+11:002012-10-27T23:51:18.454+11:00Thirty years, not forty. Not that many really, is ...Thirty years, not forty. Not that many really, is it? The Soviet folly in Afghanistan guaranteed that. Another lesson.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-87431309555264932942012-10-27T23:48:14.223+11:002012-10-27T23:48:14.223+11:00That's a very famous quote of Khrushchev's...That's a very famous quote of Khrushchev's. Was that the one where he banged his shoe on the lectern/whatever it was? Anyway, he folded, as did the USSR, but it took 40 years.<br /><br />I admit my statement was a bit reductionist. I didn't want to string it out, so was prepared to take a hit.<br /><br />I wonder how much good 'duck and cover' would have done in the longer term? Let's hope those days are gone.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-87642020441449262262012-10-27T23:34:00.493+11:002012-10-27T23:34:00.493+11:00What a difference in perception those few years be...What a difference in perception those few years between my high school days and your university experience makes!Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-19540693893295460092012-10-27T23:05:12.947+11:002012-10-27T23:05:12.947+11:00My late father was involved with the naval blockad...My late father was involved with the naval blockade of Cuba (USS Truckee AO 147). Only three at the time, I was aware of the gravity:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xv7z5h7yBQ<br /><br /> "'November 1956<br />During a diplomatic reception... Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told<br />Western diplomats:<br />"About the capitalist states, it doesn't depend on you whether we<br />(Soviet Union) exist. If you don't like us, don't accept our<br />invitations, and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like<br />it our not, history is on our side. We will bury you."'<br />source: U.S. Department of Energy Timeline<br /><br />NIKE missile site was less than a mile from where I spent my childhood. Numerous routine 'duck and cover' bomb fallout drills at my elementary school.<br />DRKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974920542410321055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-5523241936005900302012-10-27T20:02:16.529+11:002012-10-27T20:02:16.529+11:00I remember it well. I was at Law School at Sydney...I remember it well. I was at Law School at Sydney Uni and the great Prof Julius Stone brought in a small radio. He played the speech to us saying that it was more important and would be more significant than anything he could say in the Jurisprudence lecture. We listened quite transfixed to what was said. Anne P. @QyntaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com