> > If all that followed that showdown was
> just posturing, then nothing that followed
> > that showdown had any real meaning.
> I understand the problem. Context doesn't travel
> or easily survive in these written forums. By
> posturing I was refering to the military deployments
> in Europe as an existential threat (meaning the
> liklihood of them being used in an invasion of
> Western, or Eastern, Europe).
I wonder if the reason the USSR was engaging in
brinkmanship was less for imperialism and exporting
communism, than from fear of the U.S. threat.
Looked at strategically, the USSR was surrounded by
enemies. America had bases in Japan, Turkey, Europe,
etc. When Castro invited Russia to put nukes in Cuba,
it was seen as a threat within our hemisphere. Sort
of a double standard, isn't it?
Jon M.
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