Captain O
One of the Regulars
- Messages
- 194
- Location
- Northwestern Oregon.
Hell, I lived through the Communist revolution in Cuba (the ousting of Batista in 1960) as well as the "duck and cover" exercises in school. "Conelrad" later became the Emergency Broadcast System. Our "noon whistle" was a daily test of the air raid/Civil Defense siren. I watched Nikita Kruschev pound his shoe on the podium and saying "we will attend your funeral." Most American media reported that he said, "We will bury you."
Yes, those were frightening times.
The "shoe banging" incident took place at the UN Assembly on September 23rd, 1960. It reminds me a bit of Kim Jung Un (a.k.a. "Soy Sauce Stain"). The latter being far more dangerous, giving the term "loose cannon" an entirely new meaning.
History repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself...