Great Article - Kennedy had his ass handed to him by the Ruskies

Posted by fritop

May 30, 2008

n a debate last July, Mr. Obama pledged to meet,
without precondition, the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Syria and Cuba.
He called President Bush’s refusal to meet with them “ridiculous” and a
“disgrace.”

Heavily criticized, Mr. Obama dug in rather than
backtrack. He’s claimed, in defense of his position, that John F.
Kennedy’s 1961 summit with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna
was a crucial meeting that led to the end of the Cold War.

Not quite. Kennedy himself admitted he was unprepared
for Khrushchev’s bullying. “He beat the hell out of me,” Kennedy
confided to advisers. The Soviet leader reported to his Politburo that
the American president was weak. Two months later, the Berlin Wall was
erected and stood for 28 years.

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