The Cuban Missile Crisis - The Closest we Came to Nuclear War

[@bwktlcn]

My Dad was a nuclear ordinance officer. If we had invaded Cuba, the Marines were to take the beach, and Dad’s group was to land behind them, firing Davy Crockett missiles (battlefield nukes). When we talked about it, years later when I was an adult, he said the hardest thing was the seven nights that were his “last night” at home. Mom cooked all of his favorite foods, etc., each morning saying a last goodbye, telling her how much she had meant to him, and that if they pulled out of Post, she was to get in the car and drive for her family home 100 miles away, to not stay on a huge target. His life expectancy was about six minutes if they had sailed into the harbor in Cuba, they had been told they would be getting shelled as the Marines landed, and they had been talking about launching the Crocketts directly from the deck of the ship if the landing failed. Years later, we were on a cruise, and circled Cuba, which was covered in early morning mist…you could just see the outline. Dad stood there with tears in his eyes. When I asked him if he was ok, he said he thought the day he saw Cuba was going to be the last day of his life, all those years ago.

[@oscaranderson5719]

damn. I hope he sleeps better at night now

[@timhuerzeler9994]

damn

[@buddtugley4249]

Damn doesn’t even begin to cover it... At the risk of sounding cliche, please thank your father and your entire family for their service.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Damn now what were us troops thinking if japan hadn't surrendered

[@brianlittleforest631]

I remember watching a video about how the US government made a whole bunch of medals to award to combat casualties (Purple Heart, I think) during the planned invasion of the Japanese mainland. Because the invasion never ended up happening and because they manufactured so many that they're still awarding those medals to recipient's today. I think I saw that on one of Simon's channels actually.

[@radiumamerican3543]

My grandfather was an officer for a titan silo in ellsworth when this went down. He called my grandmother who was in LA at the time and told her she should visit family in south dakoda and "go rock hunting" (she collected rocks and gems as a hobby) because he wasn't allowed to tell her how severe it was

[@chrisvickers7928]

Was that just before the minutemen missile were deployed throughout the Dakotas? After the deployment South Dakota would have become a first strike target.

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

I don't get it

[@TheEDFLegacy]

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt Los Angeles is one of America's biggest cities, and one of America's biggest shipping ports. It would be one of the primary targets of any nuclear strike. So he was telling his wife to go to somewhere he knew she would at least have a chance of survival.

[@SuperNoticer]

Bub they just ain't no way

[@nikitaobnosov347]

Funfact: the amount of soviet troops on Cuba was underestimated because the intelligence guys applied western standards to the question "how many soldiers can you get into a ship without risking mutiny" while the Soviets were going full Clown Car.

[@christopherconard2831]

The west also underestimated how long the Soviets had been sending troops to Cuba. Apparently the CIA actually thought all those agricultural and industrial advisors were just that.

[@paulfrancistorres7144]

@@christopherconard2831 Helps that those troops dressed like civilians

[@SuperNoticer]

Bub they ain't no way

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Accurate.

[@beyondfubar]

Vasily, the hero we desperately needed but never deserved. What an ultimate Chad. You deserve an entire page in every high-school history book.

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

Thank you Simon for a very sobering look at the Cuban missile crisis. I'm now 71 and I can still remember, and will never forget, a conversation that I had in my 20s with my late Dad about the Cuban missile crisis following a TV program about it. As I was only 12 when it occurred I asked him what it was like. My Dad, who was an Anglican (Episcopalian) Priest and not given to using such imagery lightly, replied with the chilling sentence "The world looked into the pit".

[@SuperNoticer]

Ain't no way bub

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

@@SuperNoticer I'm not quite sure what your meaning is (the difference between Aussie and USA English doesn't help) but I can only reiterate what my Dad told me!

[@SuperNoticer]

@@pierremainstone-mitchell8290 I was just taking a piss as they say. God bless you brother.

[@pierremainstone-mitchell8290]

@@SuperNoticer Not really a subject for taking the piss!

[@MerryKeli]

It's the year 2048. KZbin consists solely of Simon's channels as they continue to multiply. Susan Wojcicki is shaking and crying.

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

...in Simon's basement along with 80% of the world

[@skitkjell85]

Simon's channels multiply like an amoeba or a virus at this rate xD The more impressing thing is they're all interesting in their own way, which is quite the achievment. I wonder if he ever sleeps?

[@LadySym01]

@@skitkjell85 The better question is if he can narrate scripts while asleep.

[@scorchedbriar2179]

Susan saw this comment last week.

[@idiotwithablowtorch5239]

the susan wojcicki part didnt age well

[@jaketaylor3901]

The closest we've come to nuclear war SO FAR

[@chrs-wltrs]

Came here to make this comment

[@duncancurtis1758]

Watch Thirteen Days with Kevin Costner

[@jackrotz2139]

Idk I think we r closer than you think RIGHT NOW

[@barneypaws4883]

Close enough. Hopefully that's the closet we will EVER get

[@braxtonjones6163]

@@jackrotz2139 Yes Putin has overplayed his hand now he’s constantly threatening nuclear weapons.

[@SteveM1998]

Love Simon’s glance at his watch as he gets up during the fade out. Symbolic, ominous, whether he meant it or not.

[@Raghzor]

That also caught my attention perhaps more than it should have, haha!

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

Well the Doomsday clock is symbolic so ..

[@michaelsutliff6817]

My dad, who was in the Navy from 1960-63 and stationed at Charleston, South Carolina, was on a minesweeper and part of the blockade. He never talked about it much growing up but one day before we were going to go golfing in our golf league and having a couple beers, we somehow got on the subject. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, " You know son, that's the most scared I've ever been in my life?" I'll never forget that. He passed away in 2009.I still miss him.

[@ravenswrath89]

Sorry for your loss.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - Picking a side 2:35 - Chapter 2 - The bay of pigs 4:20 - Chapter 3 - Soviet missiles 6:40 - Chapter 4 - The crisis begins 8:25 - Chapter 5 - Assessing the options 11:00 - Chapter 6 - Boiling point 12:35 - Chapter 7 - Black saturday 15:30 - Chapter 8 - Aftermath - Chapter 9 - - Chapter 10 -

[@Amarianee]

3:24 and this is exactly what I was hoping would be in the vid. Thank you Simon for never failing me. Everyone knows MKUltra and Paperclip, but so many people still don't seem to know about Northwoods.

[@SolaScientia]

My grandfather was in the CIA after the Korean War and he spent 4 years in Istanbul spying on Soviet agents and activities. My dad, aunt, and grandma lived there with him. My dad has always liked ships. One day my grandfather asked if he wanted to help him; my dad would have been 11 then, I believe. He gave my dad a pair of binoculars and had him watch the Bosporus from their apartment balcony. My dad would note any Soviet ships headed west out of the Bosporus from the Black Sea and he had a special number to call. The CIA would then send a small crash boat out to take some photos of the ship as it passed through the Bosporus. One day my dad called in a Soviet ship leaving, but then just a day or two later he spotted the same ship returning. He wasn't supposed to call in ships going back to the Black Sea, but that day he did. The ship had exposed deck cargo; very suspicious-looking deck cargo. He called it in and the man on the other end didn't even thank him. Just hung up immediately and mere minutes later the boat went out for photos. Those photos were among those that convinced Kennedy to enact the embargo. My dad was so worried when my grandfather came home that night (he was not known for being a very gentle or kind man), but my grandfather actually hugged him and took him out to a very nice restaurant for a steak dinner. I sadly never met my grandfather as he died barely a month before I was born (cancer). I'm not sure he'd have talked about what he did over there since even my dad doesn't know what all he did. He would disappear for days at a time sometimes. During the coup they had to stay in the apartment and my grandfather would return on occasionally with food and such.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Damn what a great story

[@SuperNoticer]

They's absolutely no way

[@GazC]

I've got to admit, watching this with everything happening right now has got my heart pumping.

[@cooladam2167]

Why

[@jnelson789]

Nobody: Simon Whistler: i need to start another KZbin Channel Just kidding. Keep them coming you maniac i love them all

[@JakeSezz]

I’m still impatiently awaiting his Simon Plays channel. Oh! And for him to go back to standing up on Brain Blaze 😂

[@laurabustos6560]

@@JakeSezz how can you realistically expect him to stand up, he's prob sooo tired, owning YT and doing a million videos a week. Give the poor guy a break and let him sit down. 🤣

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Still waiting for Simon's KZbin poops.

[@alzahir]

On a lighter note, I found Simon's checking his watch at the very end kind of hilarious. Factboi has channels to create and blazes to go!

[@parkerrose3590]

I was 11 years old then. It is still so vivid in my mind. I'll never ever forgot how frightened I was. I remember crying during Kennedy's speech, and my father yelling at me. My parent's were no comfort to me at all. I felt completely alone. I wondered where would go if we heard the sirens.

[@reclawyxhush]

Once, during the 1980-81 'carnival of the Solidarity' Poland was dreamt to become "the second Japan". By bad luck, or the History's ironic fit, we seem to have become the second Cuba of 1962, however unfortunately without those luscious palm trees groves.

[@G.Sharb1]

Cuban missile crisis: moments to nuclear war!! 2022: laughs* im in danger!

[@MsPuffykinz]

*intensely in secure laughter*

[@midknight]

If you haven’t visited Cuba, I highly recommend you do. A truly fascinating history, amazing culture and people.

[@aregularperson7573]

I can’t I am American

[@WoolyNips]

There is a reason why citizens of Cuba keep trying escape that island…..

[@IrishMike22]

Thank you Cuban Tourism Board. Now go feed your prisoners and finish burning those books 👍

[@RCAvhstape]

It's still a communist dictatorship. I'm sure the people are nice, just not the ones in charge.

[@Raghzor]

Sorry I'm not a Social Democrat so visiting communist dictatorships arent that high on my bucket list

[@pr0xZen]

_Monday, October 29th 1962._ The busiest day in history for furniture, aviation and vehicle upolstery workers around the world, patching up the large bitemarks in every seat of the Northern hemisphere.

[@stephanieparker1250]

Thank you, Simon. 🙌

[@team3am149]

Brilliantly spoken video.

[@lunarskyye2680]

Yay! I've always wanted to see Simon cover this.

[@lucylillypad1512]

I was 11 years old during this. I can remember very clearly how tense my father was, hence so was my brother and myself. Scary Time! I'm starting to feel like that again, sadly...

[@douglasmahoney8473]

I find you very intelligent, very well-read and your beard looks fantastic love watching your show

[@bogey8592]

A fitting upload considering.

[@sallyintucson]

I was a baby when this happened. When I asked my mother as a adult what it had been like she said she and her best friend (also a new mother) had been driving around trying to stock up on cloth diapers. (Disposables weren’t a thing yet) They didn’t stock up on formula because she had been taught to just mix corn syrup and cow’s milk together. Bottles were glass and had to be boiled to sterilize them. The stores were stripped of everything due to the panic.

[@bmstylee]

Abel Archer 1983 was pretty close to things going hot as well.

[@OddlyDashing]

Great video Simon, love the ending

[@leongeppert4280]

Always good historic content

[@shellshell942]

Thanks for pointing out the American's put missiles in Turkey first. That part always seems to get left out...With those guys in charge of nukes we are all lucky we are still here.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

It seems that everyone is ignoring the fact that NATO still has missiles pointed at Russia. From my reading, NATO’s missiles are one of the security concerns that sparked the current crisis in Europe.

[@ishmyboy]

@@Dank-gb6jn And russia has them pointed at NATO. Russians had missiles pointing at NATO countries before NATO was even banded. and theres always been a shared border with russia so at what point can one not point a missile at each other? There aren't any nukes in countries bordering russia. Putin is referring to intermediate ballistic missiles(which arent nuclear) of which russia left the treaty not so long ago that prevented that.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@ishmyboy and NATO was established as a bulwark against the now-defunct USSR. NATO no longer has a place in the world, since it’s largest enemy has been gone for over 30 years. Those missiles were and are a security concern for a sovereign nation; and have been *part* of the current situation for years. Let’s not beat around the bush, if YOUR country had missiles staged on its borders, I’m sure your leadership would lash out and demand the missiles be removed or face consequences no? My country (the US) didn’t take kindly to Soviet missiles and we took steps to make sure they were removed; as addressed in the video. Those missiles were placed because of NATO’s build up in Turkey and Italy; as also addressed in the video.

[@pierreplourde]

@@Dank-gb6jn NATO is the only thing standing between Putin, Kim, and Xi and the free world. Without NATO, it wouldn’t be very long before you would be speaking Russian or Mandarin.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@pierreplourde if that is indeed the case, why is that NATO over the last 30 years has relied HEAVILY on the US for its funding? To me, it seems that NATO has just ridden the coattails of the US for 30 years, like some parasite. Your globalist crap isn’t well taken, not everyone wants to help defend relics of the past.

[@jckorn9148]

I think the best outcome from the current crisis is the war stays regional and we enter a new Cold War. But at this point, I'll be surprised if the world is still whole by Christmas :/

[@katanabluejay]

Well, prepare to be surprised!

[@Tommy.L4ng]

I absolutely adore your videos just explain history so well

[@Kole_D]

Fitting, verrrry fitting Simon.

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

"I say we nuke em!" "No" "Come ooooonnn..." "You're fired"

[@amandajones661]

I'm not sure when Simon recorded this video, but we need this video more than ever this week. (If you're reading this in future years, Russia is at war with Ukraine and we might be going back into another cold war).

[@SuperNoticer]

Or hot war, actually

[@BRUtahn]

It's already cold. Question is how much it warms up and when.

[@dredeth]

Russia invaded Ukraine = USSR placed their missiles on Cuba. USA was an angel in both cases, of course. PS According to US.

[@tinafoster8665]

Yes The Maniacs on Wall Street who have always controlled the American Empire have always had a war going with Russia, then the ussr, then Russia again, for one simple reason: they want the vast Russian landmass to be able to be securitized by wall street, and sold, and exploited. The Russians then the Soviets then the Russians again obviously do not want that to happen, it's happened already in Europe but the Europeans are trying to maintain a balance where part of their country is available to be bought by speculators and venture capitalists n some parts of it aren't. The Russian people's pure hatred of capitalist exploiters was used in the Russian revolution but obviously the people who took over were just as much of aristocrats as the former aristocrats. I think why the Democratic party in particular is so psychotically incensed by anything Russian is because the Democratic party originally tried to work with the new so-called communist government of Russia, and found that it was anything but communist. Of course the Democratic party has never wanted anything like communism in the United States but they did want more social fairness, something that the Democratic party has not wanted for a long time now

[@SuperNoticer]

@@tinafoster8665 It's the Juliet Echo Whiskeys fren. Always has been.

[@vasilerogojan4520]

For an extended version of that I recommend the playlist on the Timeghost history channel.

[@jaymudd2817]

Great program, watched them all today.

[@fauxpinkytoo]

My late mother held infant me and wept throughout the Cuban missile crisis... She was convinced it was the end of mankind. I'd thought she was over-reacting...perhaps not.

[@SuperNoticer]

If you were an infant you don't remember that

[@demilembias2527]

kinda feeling like that in early 2022...

[@fauxpinkytoo]

@@SuperNoticer So I was told, LOL... At the time, I imagine I was relatively unconcerned.

[@garyjohnson7133]

I remember this well. In Florida we had nuclear war drills every day in school. I remember my parents whispering about the situation. They were worried about it.

[@Raghzor]

The world needs more people like Arkhipov

[@terrygrossmann2295]

My father was in college during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He belonged to Purdue ROTC at that time. He said that a special meeting for the ROTC had been called. My Dad went to that meeting and said that the ROTC unit had been placed on high alert to be called into service and ship out at a moments notice. They were instructed to go home and to pack a suitcase and to stay stay in touch with the ROTC commander. My mom remembered that time and being worried for dad and country. Dad also remembered having to tell his professors that if he was absent from class then they should know he was called into service. Dad said that one of his profess gave dad a bunch of flack over the fact that Dad might be called into service. He told his ROTC commander about that situation. Thee next day Dad said the professor apologized to dad and was very nice to Dad. He told his ROTC commander about the professors change in attitude. The ROTC commander smiled and told Dad that it’s surprising what a good old ass chewing with a review of the University policies concerning ROTC cadets can accomplish.

[@SuperNoticer]

They ain't no way at all

[@markhutchins3643]

Great episode!!

[@ericthompson3982]

Simon, you really don't have to pop off a new channel every month. It's ok.

[@Darryl_Frost]

I think ABLE ARCHER was closer or just as close as Cuba.

[@bmstylee]

That was a lot closer than most people know. It's definitely a lesser known incident.

[@justinreinstein3025]

Timely. Hope you're safe there in Europe.

[@MMOchAForPrez]

I didn't realize I was already subbed to warographics lol Congrats on the new channel, even if you made it like 3 months ago 😂 Fortune favors the *bald*

[@billinct860]

I was in junior high school when this was happening. Little did we know, the Kennedy administration chose "A measured response" reply to any nuclear attack. Had they hit some US ships with a nuclear torpedo, it would have given Kennedy the option to use one nuclear weapon against a similar Soviet target without much fear of escalation. We had 3 to 4 times the nuclear weapons as them, literally ringing the Soviet Union, and they knew that.

[@jenr3563]

Getting this video out before the next one happens lol great content tho Simon. You and your team are A+

[@grfrwaki]

Not for October 22.

[@Yo_Its_Matty_ice]

"I'll just go to KZbin to destress and get my mind off of current eve...goddammit Simon"

[@theUglyGypsy]

I sees a new Simon channel. I subscribe.

[@memeeeeh]

you should start a special youtube channel where you anounce and describe your new channels

[@jacquihesher5424]

Seriously 😆

[@jesseraina1614]

The past few years the doomsday clock has been closer to midnight since the cold war. And every year we continue to get closer and closer and closer.

[@MephistoAngel]

Mr Whistler, sir, you are my new “drug of choice” 😂 I’m watching every video here and then find out you have 4 more channels! 😳 it seems you’ll be my brain worm for months as I go through each of them lol! We learn so much! ❤️

[@DaveSandine]

Next do the Cuban Muscle Crisis please and thank you very much!

[@barneypaws4883]

A warning from history!

[@BigWolfChris]

When I think I've followed all of Simon's channel, he mentions more. I think 50% of my subscribed channels belong to Simon lol

[@bubbalubba917]

And we are stepping toward the brink once again...

[@quasarsavage]

we are at defcon 3 right now.

[@alexandernadal9753]

War never changes

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Closest we’ve come SO FAR

[@brettd3206]

My uncle was part of the Marine division that traveled from San Diego through the Panama canal on their way to Cuba.

[@TetraDax]

Yes Simon, why don't you kick my anxiety into fifth gear by uploading this just now, WHY NOT, EXCELLENT IDEA

[@---bs8dp]

2022 is calling

[@zch7491]

Glad threats of nuclear war are firmly in the past 🥲

[@muskatDR]

Cuba: Exists US: Is that a personal attack or something?

[@gasbaroni]

I would argue that the Andoya rocket launch incident was closer. It's the only time Russia's nuclear briefcase has been activated.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@DrRock1970]

Vasily Arkhipov to me will always be the only man I know who has genuinely saved the world. Thankyou sir

[@darmy9548]

Simon how about a series about live events.. starting with information for the build of the Russian Ukrainian war?

[@ericcrabtree6245]

‘That was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullshit.’ - Christopher Moltisanti.

[@thegunslinger1363]

"In the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself." From the film Crimson Tide. I understand Ukrainian officials want a no fly zone over the country. But we can't take the risk of escalation.

[@Monranomar]

Heads up, near the end you say Kennedy was shot in October 1963. It was November.

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

or so the Germans would have us believe

[@grimeto7323]

History will repeat itself.

[@ChaosTheory0826]

Its a miracle we haven't blown ourselves up yet Also you brought up the B52 alerts, but they already were due to Operation Chrome Dome

[@1003JustinLaw]

Ah yes, yet ANOTHER step on Simon's path for KZbin domination! Speaking of which, could you (or whoever is in charge of maintaining your channels) add the link to Decoding the Unknown on all your other channels and vice versa? If I recall correctly, Decoding the Unknown doesn't like to Into the Shadows and The Casual Criminalist doesn't like to Decoding the Unknown.

[@msmlover-fl9qp]

I‘m certain that 95% of the Missiles in Cuba would have surely been destroyed in the 1st Air Strike on Cuba. And after that many more Air Strikes would have followed. And the Warheads were‘nt mounted on the Missiles and stored in a separate bunker. And the SS-4 was a Missile with liquid fuel, meaning it had to be filled up before it can be launched. That would have given the Air Force enough time to carry out at least two Air Strikes on the Missile Sites. In Europe this Task was much more difficult. There were so many SS-4 Missile Sites in Belarus and Ukraine, that a First Strike with our Jupiter Missiles in Turkey and Italy would‘nt have destroyed all SS-4 Sites. Our only Chance was to exploit the soviet weakness of an extremly centralized command system. If the US would have carried out a Strike against Moskow, they maybe would have had a Chance. It took the Jupiter Missiles 8-9 Minutes to reach Moskow.

[@ericmcconnaughey2782]

How about Able Archer '83??

[@seanwiley558]

Every time I think I'm following all of your channels...... Boom! You trow another at me. War Graphics... Check!

[@-POISON-]

How close to midnight are we now?

[@mattBLACKpunk]

7:06 ayyy

[@TheYacu]

It was the closest we came to nuclear war; and we should really leave it at that.

[@philipbuckley759]

there were other ones....where the missile defense systems, of both the USA and CCCP broke and each side thought that an attack had begun....both sides remained calm and rode out the situation...

[@dylanwickund9109]

The past is never finished

[@twm0904]

Please do a video on The First Battle of The Somme on Warographics

[@Jasonmakesvideo]

This is why Russia has such a hard on for ukraine….they don’t want NATO on their doorstep They’re still in the wrong either way

[@finchborat]

And now, we're at the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[@duncancurtis1758]

1962 was the tipping point of centuries of Modern Man and his means to exterminate himself, tied to the course of history and geopolitics.

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

0.57 I see a face in the foam of the waves in front of the ship.

[@AngelusAnsell]

With regards to your Warographics channel, if you need any ideas just grab a Sabaton album or two. You're welcome.

[@ThePi314Man]

Something that should've been included on Black Saturday was the letter from Castro to Kruschev demanding a preemptive first strike on the US to save the USSR and Cuba (and by extension communism) from what he saw justifiably as an unrelenting aggressor. Castro had no concept of the danger any nuclear exchange would've resulted in for anyone. He was the single loudest champion for nuclear war because he thought that Cuba was doomed regardless and WWIII was a forgone conclusion. It was pure spite and revenge. Even Castro himself later in life stated that if he knew then what he knew now, he would've never been so foolish.

[@oopsmybad8160]

I feel like nows a good time for you to reiterate "it was the most dangerous moment in human history" because I feel like people forget what mutually assured destruction means. 1 man saved humanity by luck thats not a big deal.

[@BigBossIsBack]

"Sokolov. They wanted us to return Sokolov"

[@carlireland5049]

The closest we’ve come to nuclear war - well aside from the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1983 Soviet false alarm incident, a similar accident at NORAD in 1979, the 1995 Black Brant incident, and arguably the Russo-Ukrainian War

[@jaymudd2817]

Seems October 1973 was close, I was 13 at the time.

[@carlireland5049]

@@jaymudd2817 that was the Yom Kippur War, in which Israel was nearly defeated by an Egyptian-led Arab coalition and began preparing to a nuclear strike to launch if it faced imminent defeat. The threat of an Israeli nuclear attack subsided when the United States authorized an airlift to resupply the IDF, but then Israel launched a counteroffensive into Egypt and the Soviet Union threatened to intervene against Israel, nearly leading to World War III. Notably the US President at the time (Richard Nixon) had completely descended into an alcoholic stupor due to the Watergate scandal, meaning that he was incapable of responding effectively to the crisis. Fortunately, the conflict ended peacefully, although the impacts of it are still with us today because of the oil embargo which along with the end of the Bretton Woods system contributed to the 1970s recessions/energy crisis as well as a longer-term slump in US economic productivity

[@jaymudd2817]

@@carlireland5049 Russia almost intervened, because Syria got their ass kicked

[@carlireland5049]

@@jaymudd2817 It was actually both Syria and Egypt, because Israel got attacked on two fronts. During that war Egypt retook the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip while Syria retook the Golan Heights, leading to mass panic when it seemed the Arab coalition would invade Israel proper. This did not happen (largely due to the US airlift) and allowed the Israeli counteroffensives which nearly captured Cairo and Damascus. But it still wasn’t quite a total ass-kicking because the Arabs would have won outright without the airlift, and even with the airlift they were still able to flex their economic power through the OPEC oil embargo.

[@lorentzinvariant7348]

Interesting difference between a blockade and a no fly zone. One is by sea the other by air. Otherwise, no difference.

[@JimP226]

I'm slightly surprised they had nuclear tipped everything. Air-to-Air Missiles, Torpedoes and short range missiles?

[@josjoe1928]

Simons version of ooops i did it again

[@derekgardiner3583]

I jus follow Simon on the internet 🖖😁

[@davidbright8978]

Pretty sure we might be closer right now

[@LcHR21212]

how do i find another one of simon's channels and he's even advertising another one

[@tufferstv]

Please cover Abel Archer 83