How would bush have handled the Cuban missile crisis?

[Oddman]

Would this planet still be here or would we have been annihilated?


A Pathetic Excuse for a pResident

[Killarney]

1. He would have done exactly what the Joint Chiefs wanted

and the only thing left of the US would be Seattle.

It would have been nuclear war.

I thank God that Kennedy was in office then, because a lesser man would have just done what the Joint Chiefs told him to.

[wtmusic]

5. xactly

it would have been all over.

[ClintonTyree]

21. But FIRST...............

he'd have to fly around the country for a while and hide from the big scary men. THEN he'd do what the Joint Chiefs wanted, from a very secure location that is.

[Don_G]

2. Depends

The "Adult" Diaper!!!

[AntiCoup2K4]

3. If Junior had been pResident in 1962...

We wouldn't be talking about it today. At least not on this planet.

[leftofthedial]

4. he would have invaded Iraq

citing ties between the Soviets and the Iraqis

[wtmusic]

6. Good one!

:thumbsup:

[fujiyama]

38. HAHA

Very good! :)

[DenverDem]

7. Whatever would have been most profitable for the Carlyle Group.

Cynical war profiteer.

[IHaveADream]

8. What a SCARY, SCARY thought!!!!!!!!!

Can you imagine??? Wow!!! We would be history, he doesn't understand diplomacy and how it can be far more powerful than guns and bombs. He would have tried a preemptive strike on the USSR or tried to take out Kruschev.

None of us would have survived . . .

[GiovanniC]

9. Two Words: "Mushroom Cloud"

They're already on Dubya's Top Ten Favorite Words/Phrases list:

(1) Terror
(2) Nine-Eleven
(3) Bring 'em on
(4) Mushroom Cloud
(5) Evil-doers
(6) Weapons of mass destruction
(7) Mission accomplished
(8) Nap Time
(9) Watch This Drive
(10) Tax Cuts

[tom_paine]

10. Anihilation. Global anihilation.

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

Undoubtedly.

Perhaps that would have been better than the slow death the Imperial Family has planned for the Human Race.

(Only half-joking here)

[livetohike]

11. Having just seen the movie "Thirteen Days" on TV

this weekend (it was about the Cuban missile crisis), I have no doubt that Bush would not have given it the same thought that JFK did. I believe that Bush would have immediately invaded Cuba and more than likely start WWIII.

He's "trigger happy", imo.

[IHaveADream]

12. I have to agree

Bush does not have the depth required for nuanced thinking. He does not comprehend the consequences of his actions, he just likes the actions. Attack now, try to think later.

[Oddman]

14. ain't it the truth

a c- student shouldn't be the friggin President.

[Lisa]

41. and somebody who WANTS the world to end ...

... so he and the rest of God's Chosen can be Raptured up to Heaven ... definitely shouldn't be in a command position.

Even if he had a 200 IQ and could recite from Goethe as he played the violin.

[madrchsod]

13. we wouldn`t be here

that`s a given

[Cleita]

15. Considering that Bush's thinkers think like criminals,

(Bush doesn't think), we would not only have invaded Cuba, but Russia. Let's say that both leaders had enough presence of mind not to use nukes, the Americans would have ended up like Napoleon's army and the Nazis later, because history has taught us that you can't invade Russia and win.

On edit: We would be speaking Russian today if nukes hadn't been used.

[sadiesworld]

16. Head down to the ranch for a little R&R.

[bushwakker]

17. Duck and Cover

mmmm...these canned veggies are good. when can we got outta this hole in the ground?

[Oddman]

20. Can you imagine?

The only survivors are bush and Cheney?????

[bushwakker]

25. and the cockroaches*

[Oddman]

32. Yeah - pretty much the same thing!

A Complete Failure in Leadership
A Pathetic Excuse for a pResident

[Redleg]

18. He would have invaded Iraq.

And "lowered" taxes.

[Worst Username Ever]

19. Thinking critically about this one...

"The Bu*h Doctrine" in all about preemption... I would imagine Dumya would defend himself on this one by saying his administration would have detected the intent to buy missles, and would have invaded cuba before the had the opportunity to have the missles posted on their land.

Of course, the problems this in itself would have caused would probably have created a whole other conflict. Maybe the USSR would have taken that as an act of aggression and dropped one on us. Maybe our allies would have disagreed with a preemptive tactic and not supported us (like now), and we would have lost their support through the rest of the cold war. Who knows.

[Delano]

22. He would have invaded Puerto Rico

Same language, same general vicinity, they both make rum....

[Oddman]

23. Ahhhh yes . . . the infamous axis of evil

Puerto Rico, Cuba and Russia!

[Jacobin]

24. I don't even want to think about it

Would he have done what he did when China knocked the spy plane down and completely backed off like a milque toast?

Or would he have launched nukes?

Depends on what he thought gawd was whispering in his ear that day, since he properly does not trust his own ability to make reasoned decisions.

[Mike Niendorff]

26. Invade Iraq, of course.

I mean, we can't let Saddam Hussein get away with putting those Soviet missiles in Cuba, now, can we? (Support the troops, God bless America , Etc.)


MDN

[greenbriar]

27. bring it on would have

fucked the world over and US in particular

[ieoeja]

28. He would have made a lot of blustering speeches in public.

While privately offering to bend over like he did for China.

I find it surprising how many people on this thread believe he would have gone to war. What did he do on 9-11 when threatened by ... a small group of men? He ran. He hid. Yet you seriously think this pussy would have risked his life in a nuclear confrontation?

And how could someone have possibly replied, "whatever the JCS wanted him to do"? The JCS didn't want to go to Iraq. When forced to do so, the JCS wanted to use a much larger force. Every step of the way the JCS fought Bush. Bush has made it clear that he believes he is a better general than anyone in the military.

[11 Bravo]

29. He would have boldly and decisively ordered Marine One ...

to fly him to the nearest elementary school. Upon arriving at his destination he would have boldly and decisively swaggered into the nearest first grade classroom. He then would have proceeded to boldly and decisively read aloud to the class from his favorite book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".

[greekspeak]

30. The world would have taken on an eerie

radioactive hue and everything would be glowing with irradiated earnestness.

[Donkeyboy75]

31. "Stay the course. Freedom. Communism. Bad. Stay the course."

Then, he'd fire the missiles.

[TankLV]

33. He would have restored America to the greatness it once was...

...a giant arctic wasteland covered with snow and ice.

Just like his hero ronnie raygun if HE were in charge then.

And we wouldn't even be writing or posting this now because we'd all be long dead and gone.

[Oddman]

34. touche'

[Aidoneus]

35. By bombing China

after finding a clean pair of shorts, of course.

Perhaps there would've been the debate of the ridiculousness of complaining about it, while at the same time stationing nuclear weapons and various forward deployments in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and the ROK..

[troublemaker]

36. At least one thing would be the same. FAULTY INTEL

Bush would have invaded (or at least bombed) Cuba to prevent the missiles from being armed.

What we didn't know until a few years ago was that our intel was wrong; some of the missiles were operational before the crisis ever started. Whoops! I suspect the Russians assumed we knew that and were freaked out by Kennedy acting like he was still holding a lot of cards. (The most effective bluff is a bluff you don't even know you're making.)

I can hear Bush broadcasting from a bunker somewhere saying, "It wasn't just us. Every other country's intelligence service said the missiles weren't operational yet. I have never been prouder of Secretary Rumsfeld."

[Treaghon]

37. I can save you a lot of time and effort:

Bush would not handle it.

His handlers surrounding him would just tell him what to do and say. Kinda like right now with today's policies!


I wonder if he works like a muppet. And the ghastly places Cheney's hand has been. :wow:

[Swamp Rat]

39. Please rephrase the question

"How would Cheney have handled the Cuban missile crisis?"

[Lisa]

40. here's how it might have unfolded, in Dubya's own words ...

(personally I think he would have turned around and nuked Iraq, and the Russians would have been terribly confused ...)

http://www.dystopical.com/W2/m.13dazed.html

--written by my friend Hank Blakely!