[lit-ideas] Re: Arrivederci, Mr. Bush...

From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:46:27 -0500

> [Original Message]
> From: Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 3/17/2005 2:33:08 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Arrivederci, Mr. Bush...
>
>
> > > Andreas writes: It's nice to talk about whether Muslims might or
might not, but that 
> The USA and the USSR came extremely close to using nuclear weapons over
the Cuba Missile 
> Crisis. There were several more incidents of false alarms where the
missiles were nearly 
> launched. We're extremely lucky there wasn't a nuclear war, and that's an
emphasis on lucky. 
> It wasn't because of our wise leaders or their knowledge. If they had
chose to not build 
> that system, we wouldn't have been in that danger. Their pig-headed macho
patriotism got us 
> in trouble.
>


Except that Kennedy showed tremendous restraint and wisdom.  He was egged
on by the military to attack.  Fortunately, the Bay of Pigs debacle had
happened and he knew the military was wrong.  Leadership is a huge deal. 
Unfortunately, it's missing today except of the Onward Christian Soldier
variety (Karl Rove's song, no kidding).


Andy Amago



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