tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post5102789475114751128..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: The Return of RussophobiaSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-25883003284998003472008-08-15T15:17:00.000-04:002008-08-15T15:17:00.000-04:00The Missile Crisis itself exposed an American doub...The Missile Crisis itself exposed an American double-standard. The U.S. already had missiles in Turkey, which bordered the U.S.S.R., before Khrushchev installed his missiles in Cuba. While Americans and Kennedy idolators like to boast of how he made Khrushchev blink, the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba was part of a quid-pro-quo arrangement that resulted in our removing our missiles from Turkey. Right-wingers who know this history actually argue that Kennedy really lost the confrontation by giving up the Turkish missiles. The double standard was even more blatant then than now. They used the Monroe Doctrine to justify our stance against Cuba, but never acknowledged the USSR's equivalent claim for a border region free from foreign influence. <BR/><BR/>Maybe Russia should put it in writing now, ideally in a word-for-word equivalent of the MD, but I shouldn't kid myself: the right-wingers and stupor-patriots would just say, "how dare they claim moral equivalence with us?" That's a neat trick to hide the fact that Russia would not have claimed "moral equivalence," only "equivalence," but to too many Americans that would be "immoral."Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-72431123854180496142008-08-15T14:16:00.000-04:002008-08-15T14:16:00.000-04:00Seems that the Americans need to be reminded that ...Seems that the Americans need to be reminded that about 40 years there was a thing called the "Cuban missile crisis", in which Cuba decided to allow their "allies", the USSR, to put a missile base in their country for "defensive purposes". Our president stated in very clear terms that Cuba risked invasion and the possibility of a nuclear strike if they continued on that course of action. Now, the roles are reversed.<BR/><BR/>If the USSR was in the wrong then, we are in the wrong now. This right-wing bullshit of dual-standards must come to an end. If the USSR was not allowed a missile base in Cuba, then the USSA must not be allowed a similar base in Poland. If the USSA continues on this course of action, the next logical step for Russia to take is to build a base in Cuba.<BR/><BR/>I completely disagree with the idea of any country being allowed a "sphere of influence", but if our leaders are to insist on this absurdity, then let the Monroe Doctrine be our final word on the subject. We get the Western hemisphere and the Eastern hemisphere is up for grabs to anyone but the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com