- A follower of JFK news & history, Jerry has always been interested in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Listening to a Jeffrey Sachs interview, Sachs recommended listeners purchase Gambling With Armageddon.
- Dr. Fresia’s latest article, The Missile Crisis: Writing on the Wall featured at Kennedys & King. View here.
- Gambling with Armageddon by Martin Sherwin was the motivation for Gary’s recent writings & research. Find here.
- American Prometheus, written by co-author Martin J. Sherwin, the inspiration for the movie Oppenheimer. Find here.
- Martin Sherwin sadly passed away on October 6th, 2021. Read More
- NY Republican Senator Kenneth B. Keating outed Russian offensive weapons directed towards the United States.
- Keating never gave up his source. The source’s name was also deleted from secretly recorded Excom conversations.
- Excom was the Executive Committee that Kennedy organized to help him problem solve during the crisis.
- Sadly Robert Kennedy comes across as arrogant during the 13 days of meetings during the crisis.
- At one point, the stressed RFK concerned about his family wanted to go in & end the situation with Cuba by force.
- RFK was performing in a diplomatic manner through backdoor connections to Russia’s Nikita Khrushchev
- Both McNamara & RFK were super loyal to JFK yet both flip flopped during this incredibly tense time.
- At other times, under pressure, the two men became hawkish.
- Initially it was agreed upon that the quarantine was the effective way to get in contact with Khrushchev.
- The longer the Cuban quarantine continued, the more likely it was that military intervention would be needed.
- Kennedy kept delaying matters, trying to fend the US war hawks off.
- Even if the Russians were to attack, the Generals were ordered not to fire back without JFK’s permission.
- What do major corporations want? Is the government enabling corporations & their covert operations?
- Eisenhower gave the green light for the Lumbama assassination.
- Why did Eisenhower hate Kennedy so much?
- Eisenhower had plotted The Bay of Pigs Operation, which was a way to entrap Kennedy.
- The Bay of Pigs would fail unless there was no intervention of US military to help it along.
- Eisenhower were trying to figure out how to get rid of Castro & his government before Kennedy was elected.
- Eisenhower in has last year was suffering from heart troubles. Was he being manipulated before his death?
- Americans were dropping death charges to force the Russian subs to surface.
- When Russian submarines lost contact with Russia, one Russian Commander refused to launch any missiles.
- Gary reflects on the the history of CIA’s William Harvey & how Kennedy exiled Harvey to Rome.
- Len notes that William Harvey is a person of interest in the JFK assassination.
- The Cubans & Russians were ordered to fire the missiles if the US attacked.
- Adlai Stevenson said from day one that he thought there was a diplomatic solution, blockade or quarantine.
- Stevenson told the Chief Admiral that he wasn’t allowed to do anything without JFKs permission.
- Kennedy made great efforts to stall the military from a full on invasion of Cuba.
- Eisenhower is the one who really created the Bay of Pigs operation, not JFK.
- US intelligence reported that there were 10,000 troops in Cuba during the crisis, but there was 40,000!
- CIA Director John A. McCone was the 2nd person who went around discussing hidden missiles in Cuba.
- Kennedy first learned about the situation on October 15th. Why so late if reports were coming in during Sept.?
- When referring to his family, Kennedy had said “I’d rather have them Red, than dead.”
- Watch Conversation with Martin Sherwin, Gambling with Armageddon
- 13 Days by Robert F. Kennedy – Find Here.
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