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Fast Forward · 10-30-2007, 05:35 AM

Maybe you remember (or at least have heard) Adlai Stevenson’s burning outburst when he flamed the Soviet Ambassador over the placment of Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962, aimed at U.S. targets.

“Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the USSR has placed and is placing medium - and intermediate - range missiles and sites in Cuba? Yes or no? Don't wait for the translation. Yes or no?”

That may have seemed like a verbal blow for justice (by American standards) but it was nothing more than a hollow threat, meant merely to impress anyone who didn’t understand the true situation.

What Stevenson DID NOT mention (and what most Americans are still unaware of) was that the U.S. had already placed 15 Jupiter IRBMs missiels in Turkey aimed at Soviet targets in 1961, and the Soviet missiles were a direct response to the American agression there.

The U.S. likes to site “the Cuban Crisis” as a victory. It was anything but that. The Soviet Union put John Kennedy to his knees and forced him to remove his missiles from Turkey in exchange for the Soviets doing likewise in Cuba.

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Fast Forward Banned Location: Tramtária	Cuban Missile Crisis: TRUE quotes - FALSE insinuation Maybe you remember (or at least have heard) Adlai Stevenson’s burning outburst when he flamed the Soviet Ambassador over the placment of Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962, aimed at U.S. targets. “Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the USSR has placed and is placing medium - and intermediate - range missiles and sites in Cuba? Yes or no? Don't wait for the translation. Yes or no?” That may have seemed like a verbal blow for justice (by American standards) but it was nothing more than a hollow threat, meant merely to impress anyone who didn’t understand the true situation. What Stevenson DID NOT mention (and what most Americans are still unaware of) was that the U.S. had already placed 15 Jupiter IRBMs missiels in Turkey aimed at Soviet targets in 1961, and the Soviet missiles were a direct response to the American agression there. The U.S. likes to site “the Cuban Crisis” as a victory. It was anything but that. The Soviet Union put John Kennedy to his knees and forced him to remove his missiles from Turkey in exchange for the Soviets doing likewise in Cuba.