Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When lawmakers in the United States Congress ridiculed and blasted Cuba for assuming the rotating presidency of the United Nations’ Conference on Disarmament, it evoked the memory of another standoff in 1962, namely the Cuban Missile Crisis, and another political leader’s verbal tirade. At Cuba’s request, the Soviet Union installed nuclear missiles on the island to prevent Washington from launching another armed invasion, like the 1961 Bay of Pigs attack. Cuba also wanted to guard against continued U.S. commando raids, economic sabotage and terrorist attacks. Upon learning of Soviet missile sites in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy…
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