Friday, May 16, 2008
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"When Kennedy Met With Khrushchev, We Were On The Brink Of Nuclear War."
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Posted by:
Hugh Hewitt at
5:11 PM
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That's Barack Obama from today's incredible press conference where the Illinois senator combined petulance and ignorance in an unnerving display of just how unqualified he is to be Commander-in-Chief
For the record, Kennedy and Khrushchev met in Vienna in June of 1961. We were not on the brink of nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis was 15 months in the future.
![June 3, 1961: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, left, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy sit in the residence of the U.S. ambassador in Vienna, Austria, at the start of their historic talks. [AP/Wide World Photo]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/7khruschev_kennedy1_600.jpg)
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is that it's easy to get in way over your head. If you're Barack Obama that means speaking on your feet about the history of diplomacy and American foreign policy . This ain't Kissinger we're dealing with here -- closer...here |
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“When Kennedy Met With Khruschev, We Were On The Brink Of Nuclear War.”
That’s the quote from Barry today. Problem is, he is WRONG. They met nearly 15 months before the Cuban Missile Crisis. Did he ever take a history class?
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