Is the President attempting to indoctrinate children?

[pomtzu]

I still have mushroom cloud nightmares.

I just don't think the Bay of Pigs or the Cuban Missile crisis has anything to do with why some parents are afraid to let their kids listen to Obama. Or think he is a socialist.

I doubt if many parents of school age children today remember 1961 and 1962.

I was simply commenting on your statement where you said you doubt the fear of Cuba ever existed.

And as far as remembering 1961 and 1962 - I wonder how many people are aware of how truly close to the end that we really were???

[Edwina's Secretary]

I agree with you. It was a terrifying time and incredible close to disaster.

But I believe it was the Soviet Union that was feared - and that was the threat!

I was responding to the suggestion that we feared a Cuban invasion.

[Grace]

I agree with you. It was a terrifying time and incredible close to disaster.

But I believe it was the Soviet Union that was feared - and that was the threat!

I was responding to the suggestion that we feared a Cuban invasion.

Yes, it was the Soviet Union, not Cuba. Cuba just happened to be the proposed launching point.

[pomtzu]

But I believe it was the Soviet Union that was feared - and that was the threat!

Cuba~Soviet Union - back then it was the same equation. Remember the song "Sixteen Tons"? - if the right one don't getcha then the left one will

[Edwina's Secretary]

and...the Bay of Pigs was the US trying to invade Cuba - not Cuba trying to invade the US.

[pomtzu]

and...the Bay of Pigs was the US trying to invade Cuba - not Cuba trying to invade the US.

Yes - I know......

[RICHARD]

Here we go again with people not knowing history.

It was not the U.S. that was trying to invade Cuba.

The U.S. helped the Cube Ex-pats try to invade the island.

They 'helped', then wussed out of the whole deal leaving the ex-p's to go at it alone.

Don't forget to blame the U.S. for the Tunguska incident on 1908.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Here we go again with people not knowing history.

It was not the U.S. that was trying to invade Cuba.

You are right on the first point.

CIA....helping Cuban exiles ...Are you suggesting the CIA is not a part of the US?

Give it a rest. My point was...still is...I do not believe the Anti-Obamans are not driven by a lingering fear of an invasion of the US or Russia.