Time Warp – supposed Biden was president during the Cuban missile crisis?

[as seen on tv]

Photo above: JFK faces off against Nikita Khrushchev in 1962
Not shown: Joe Biden facing off against Vladimir Putin.
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Time Warp – supposed Biden was president during the Cuban missile crisis?

There were a zillion books written about the Cuban missile crisis. By people who were “in the room with Kennedy”. Or near the room. Or knew someone who might have been near the room, when the world was "saved from nuclear Armageddon" by JFK.

Now imagine if Sleepy Joe Biden had been president in 1962.

Stop laughing. This is a serious question. Khrushchev is threatening nuclear war. A crisis which called for clear headed thinking, and the ability to stay awake for more than 4 hours a day.

In 1962 President Biden would still have been assisted by trusted advisors such as VP Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (You're still laughing, I asked you to stop that)

In case you believe Blinken is the genius among these 3 stooges, let's recall it was HIS idea to partition Iraq into 3 enclaves without their consent. Resulting in the currrent ongoing political and tribal/religious conflicts. Blinken would probably the first to raise his hand and suggest, "Let's give Putin what he wants: Crimea, Donetsk, and Disneyland. And then see what happens next."

Biden is a student of history. When he's awake. He probably realized his options on Ukraine included:

1. Ask NATO members stand firm together against Putin.
   
2. If getting consensus among NATO members turns out to be like herding cats, he can unilaterally declare Ukranian air space a “no fly zone” (a kind of blockade)
   
3. He can claim we don't have to do anything, because Nikita Khrushchev is near death from cancer. (oops – this is Cuba again – my bad.)
   
4. Donate some weapons to Ukraine. Hope for the best, while expecting the worst. And take a nap.

Profiles in courage, yes? Wait - not so much? You mean there probably AREN'T going to be a zillion books on Ukraine? The Kremlin intrigues? The war atrocities? Putin's petite, double jointed gymnast mistress? I think if HBO could turn Chernobyl into a top earning mini-series, then “House of Putin” is already being storyboarded.

Biden's brain trust never expected Ukraine to hold on so long. He was told as much, when he went to bed at 5pm that first day. It will all be over by breakfast tomorrow. (For the record, this is probably what Trump's advisors would have told him, too. And Trump would have prepared a congratulatory tweet to Putin on his “bold victory”)

So here we are. A year after Putin's invasion. On background, Biden's advisors are now telling the media he is “feeling good” after increasing his political power during the midterms. Wife Jill has greenlighted a second term. Is Inflation is still raging out of control? Are homelessness and Fentanyl the new pandemics? Is a Tsunami of migrants, spearheaded by cartel soldiers and drug traffickers, still crossing our southern border daily?

Possibly. But Biden is feeling good.

Are we?

 

[Zam-Zam]

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Photo above: JFK faces off against Nikita Khrushchev in 1962
Not shown: Joe Biden facing off against Vladimir Putin.
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Time Warp – supposed Biden was president during the Cuban missile crisis?

There were a zillion books written about the Cuban missile crisis. By people who were “in the room with Kennedy”. Or near the room. Or knew someone who might have been near the room, when the world was "saved from nuclear Armageddon" by JFK.

Now imagine if Sleepy Joe Biden had been president in 1962.

Stop laughing. This is a serious question. Khrushchev is threatening nuclear war. A crisis which called for clear headed thinking, and the ability to stay awake for more than 4 hours a day.

In 1962 President Biden would still have been assisted by trusted advisors such as VP Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (You're still laughing, I asked you to stop that)

In case you believe Blinken is the genius among these 3 stooges, let's recall it was HIS idea to partition Iraq into 3 enclaves without their consent. Resulting in the currrent ongoing political and tribal/religious conflicts. Blinken would probably the first to raise his hand and suggest, "Let's give Putin what he wants: Crimea, Donetsk, and Disneyland. And then see what happens next."

Biden is a student of history. When he's awake. He probably realized his options on Ukraine included:

1. Ask NATO members stand firm together against Putin.
   
2. If getting consensus among NATO members turns out to be like herding cats, he can unilaterally declare Ukranian air space a “no fly zone” (a kind of blockade)
   
3. He can claim we don't have to do anything, because Nikita Khrushchev is near death from cancer. (oops – this is Cuba again – my bad.)
   
4. Donate some weapons to Ukraine. Hope for the best, while expecting the worst. And take a nap.

Profiles in courage, yes? Wait - not so much? You mean there probably AREN'T going to be a zillion books on Ukraine? The Kremlin intrigues? The war atrocities? Putin's petite, double jointed gymnast mistress? I think if HBO could turn Chernobyl into a top earning mini-series, then “House of Putin” is already being storyboarded.

Biden's brain trust never expected Ukraine to hold on so long. He was told as much, when he went to bed at 5pm that first day. It will all be over by breakfast tomorrow. (For the record, this is probably what Trump's advisors would have told him, too. And Trump would have prepared a congratulatory tweet to Putin on his “bold victory”)

So here we are. A year after Putin's invasion. On background, Biden's advisors are now telling the media he is “feeling good” after increasing his political power during the midterms. Wife Jill has greenlighted a second term. Is Inflation is still raging out of control? Are homelessness and Fentanyl the new pandemics? Is a Tsunami of migrants, spearheaded by cartel soldiers and drug traffickers, still crossing our southern border daily?

Possibly. But Biden is feeling good.

Are we?

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 set the wheels in motion for the conflict-to-come...It seemed to catch the President by surprise and the U.S. response was underwhelming. Ukraine has expressed interest in becoming a NATO member, but this love went unrequited, and Mother Russia felt emboldened to blunder in beginning in February 2022. Now the quagmire, resulting in hundreds of thousands dead and ruined economies, and no end in sight.

Political miscalculations all over the place, plenty of blame to go around. No one has come away looking brilliant in this one.

 

[as seen on tv]

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 set the wheels in motion for the conflict-to-come...It seemed to catch the President by surprise and the U.S. response was underwhelming. Ukraine has expressed interest in becoming a NATO member, but this love went unrequited, and Mother Russia felt emboldened to blunder in beginning in February 2022. Now the quagmire, resulting in hundreds of thousands dead and ruined economies, and no end in sight.

Political miscalculations all over the place, plenty of blame to go around. No one has come away looking brilliant in this one.

The same compromised NATO members who refused to green light ukraines membership years ago are now blocking several scandinavian nations' similar request.

The question is: how is putin able to manipulate NATO member nations' votes? Money? Energy? Threatening to expose those nations' unsavory back office chicanery?

 

[Dawg]

The same compromised NATO members who refused to green light ukraines membership years ago are now blocking several scandinavian nations' similar request.

The question is: how is putin able to manipulate NATO member nations' votes? Money? Energy? Threatening to expose those nations' unsavory back office chicanery?

Good question, I read Europe no longer dependent on Putin for gas

 

[as seen on tv]

Good question, I read Europe no longer dependent on Putin for gas

natural gas is still "preferred" over petroleum. much lower carbon emissions, if you're trying to get re elected in a left leaning nation.

Europe is also discovering that:

1. the sun doesn't shine enough for solar energy to matter there
2. you need either fossil fuels or nuclear power to generate electricty. there are no more rivers to dam for hydro electric.

 

[Zam-Zam]

The same compromised NATO members who refused to green light ukraines membership years ago are now blocking several scandinavian nations' similar request.

The question is: how is putin able to manipulate NATO member nations' votes? Money? Energy? Threatening to expose those nations' unsavory back office chicanery?

During the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy was warned that if he confronted the Soviets on the issue, the result could be World War 3, and perhaps a nuclear fallout. Kennedy could have slinked away, but instead chose to act boldly, decisively, and quickly, and in the end it was the Soviets who slinked away.

Today, however, timidity and fear seem to have won out in the face of Russian aggression. NATO finds it safer to comply with the wishes of the madman Putin that to risk his ire. Granting NATO membership to Ukraine and others wishing to join would not be without risk, but in world politics as in romance, faint hearts never wone fair lady.

 

[as seen on tv]

During the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy was warned that if he confronted the Soviets on the issue, the result could be World War 3, and perhaps a nuclear fallout. Kennedy could have slinked away, but instead chose to act boldly, decisively, and quickly, and in the end it was the Soviets who slinked away.

Today, however, timidity and fear seem to have won out in the face of Russian aggression. NATO finds it safer to comply with the wishes of the madman Putin that to risk his ire. Granting NATO membership to Ukraine and others wishing to join would not be without risk, but in world politics as in romance, faint hearts never wone fair lady.

while i agree that biden is asleep at the wheel, and his advisors are feckless, there is a complicating factor here that Kennedy didn't have to worry about:

NATO is perhaps one of the biggest waste of money and material devised by man.

such organizations, where "everyone has rights", invariably result in plummeting to the lowest common denominator in terms of principle and commitment.

exactly why do we need most of these nations? Only 3 are nuclear armed: The USA, UK and France. I could make the case for including Germany and Canada too. But can someone please explain to me what nations like the following "bring to the party"?

1. Albania
2. Bulgaria
3. Estonia
4. Turkey
5. slovakia, slovenia, lithuania, latvia, montenegro, macedonia . ..

I want to scream!

 

[write on]

View attachment 73585

Photo above: JFK faces off against Nikita Khrushchev in 1962
Not shown: Joe Biden facing off against Vladimir Putin.
​

Time Warp – supposed Biden was president during the Cuban missile crisis?

There were a zillion books written about the Cuban missile crisis. By people who were “in the room with Kennedy”. Or near the room. Or knew someone who might have been near the room, when the world was "saved from nuclear Armageddon" by JFK.

Now imagine if Sleepy Joe Biden had been president in 1962.

Stop laughing. This is a serious question. Khrushchev is threatening nuclear war. A crisis which called for clear headed thinking, and the ability to stay awake for more than 4 hours a day.

In 1962 President Biden would still have been assisted by trusted advisors such as VP Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (You're still laughing, I asked you to stop that)

In case you believe Blinken is the genius among these 3 stooges, let's recall it was HIS idea to partition Iraq into 3 enclaves without their consent. Resulting in the currrent ongoing political and tribal/religious conflicts. Blinken would probably the first to raise his hand and suggest, "Let's give Putin what he wants: Crimea, Donetsk, and Disneyland. And then see what happens next."

Biden is a student of history. When he's awake. He probably realized his options on Ukraine included:

1. Ask NATO members stand firm together against Putin.
   
2. If getting consensus among NATO members turns out to be like herding cats, he can unilaterally declare Ukranian air space a “no fly zone” (a kind of blockade)
   
3. He can claim we don't have to do anything, because Nikita Khrushchev is near death from cancer. (oops – this is Cuba again – my bad.)
   
4. Donate some weapons to Ukraine. Hope for the best, while expecting the worst. And take a nap.

Profiles in courage, yes? Wait - not so much? You mean there probably AREN'T going to be a zillion books on Ukraine? The Kremlin intrigues? The war atrocities? Putin's petite, double jointed gymnast mistress? I think if HBO could turn Chernobyl into a top earning mini-series, then “House of Putin” is already being storyboarded.

Biden's brain trust never expected Ukraine to hold on so long. He was told as much, when he went to bed at 5pm that first day. It will all be over by breakfast tomorrow. (For the record, this is probably what Trump's advisors would have told him, too. And Trump would have prepared a congratulatory tweet to Putin on his “bold victory”)

So here we are. A year after Putin's invasion. On background, Biden's advisors are now telling the media he is “feeling good” after increasing his political power during the midterms. Wife Jill has greenlighted a second term. Is Inflation is still raging out of control? Are homelessness and Fentanyl the new pandemics? Is a Tsunami of migrants, spearheaded by cartel soldiers and drug traffickers, still crossing our southern border daily?

Possibly. But Biden is feeling good.

Are we?

Be very afraid economically and militarily as always- 24/7. I recall this very same thing happening in 2003.

"...and spend more money to furnish our capitalistic propaganda."

Good read!

 

[write on]

Be very afraid economically and militarily as always- 24/7. I recall this very same thing happening in 2003.

"...and spend more money to furnish our capitalistic propaganda."

Good read!

"...and spend more money to furnish our capitalistic propaganda."

Think of the rise in cost of prescriptions with drug manufacturers having to pay for their tv ads and that same cost working the other way with those that shuffle their income.

Is this what capitalism is suppose to look like?

Or better yet, is this what Christianity is suppose to look like?

Greed