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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by leosarev on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @02:24AM (#32659049)
Please remember that a Cuba is sovereign nation, but USA were willing to go to the nuclear war to have Soviet troops and equipment removed.

But the way, USA still occupies part of Cuban soil against will of Cuban people, doesn't they?

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by hetman on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:07AM (#32671850)
Suggesting the US wanted to go to nuclear war is a rather colourful reimagining of the whole Cuban missile crisis. In fact the crisis demonstrated the complete opposite, that neither side wanted full out nuclear war. Both the USSR removed their nuclear warheads from Cuba and the US removed theirs from Turkey and Italy as concessions. Soviet military presence didn't end in Cuba nor did US military presence end in Turkey and Italy.
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