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no_hypocrisy

(54,337 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:14 AM 6 hrs ago

To be noted that President John F. Kennedy didn't demand control of

"the Western Hemisphere" during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Rather, he did precision surgery, only concentrating on Cuba.

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Generals mocked JFK behind his back during Cuban Missile Crisis Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #1

Kid Berwyn

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1. Generals mocked JFK behind his back during Cuban Missile Crisis

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Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:10 AM

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Go in there and frig around with the missiles, you're screwed'

The moment general mocked JFK behind his back at the height of Cuban Missile Crisis caught on tape

By DANIEL BATES
The Mail, 24 September 2012

It was the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the nation was supposed to be pulling together.

But John F Kennedy’s top generals were actually bad-mouthing him behind his back - whilst standing in the White House.

When the former US President left the room Marine Corps Commandant General David Shoup said that Mr Kennedy was doing things ‘piecemeal’ and needed a talking to.

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But the tapes reveal that after Mr Kennedy and Defence Secretary Robert McNamara went out the room, General Shoup launched into his own tirade - without realising the tape was still running.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2207946/Revealed-JFKs-stabbing-generals-mocked-President-battled-avoid-regarded-trigger-happy-Americans-lost-Berlin.html

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