During the 1960s, America barely escaped a nuclear war with Russia. The Russians had sneaked missiles into Communist Cuba with the help of CubaƵs ruler Fidel Castro, and they were building a huge network of weapons aimed at our military and our largest cities. Their planned construction was nearly finished when it was discovered by our U2 photo aircraft. Our sitting president, John F. Kennedy, countered Russia with a blockade around Cuba and a direct threat of Ƶremove or we destroy.Ƶ Today we still face a nuclear threat from Cuba, but this time the Chinese Communist Party has a foothold in Cuba with their highly advanced modern weapons of mass destruction. What will save us this time? Hopefully, the fact of mutual destruction is too horrible to contemplate, Communists or not.
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