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Originally Posted by ogon_bat
Yeah, because the cuban missile crisis is not the exact same thing multiplied by several nukes (with dependable long range missiles).
Translation, Fidel was mad as a hater (just like Kim), he just has become frail and fearful as he senses the grim reaper getting near. |
To be fair, the Cuban Missle Crisis was partially jump started because the United States made ACTUAL attempts to take over the country. We trained a battalion to take over the country. From the Cuban governments perspective, inviting the Soviets with all their wonderful hardware was within their interest.
North Korean warmongering despite the fact that the South Koreans really have no interest in invading them, and despite the fact that the very people they're war mongering against are the ones who they need resources from to survive as a nation. That's far more dysfunctional than Cuba will ever be.
If anything, the real comparison should be how Cuba and North Korea responded to the realities of a post cold war environment where they were cut off from soviet aid. By all discernible measures, Cuba adapted much better than North Korea.