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5. Yes, at least in 1962 it was...

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 06:32 PM

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Wikipedia:

[US president John F.] Kennedy was advised to carry out an air strike on Cuban soil in order to compromise Soviet missile supplies, followed by an invasion of the Cuban mainland. He chose a less aggressive course in order to avoid a declaration of war. On 22 October, Kennedy ordered a naval blockade to prevent further missiles from reaching Cuba. He referred to the blockade as a "quarantine", not as a blockade, so the US could avoid the formal implications of a state of war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis

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Isn't a blockade a straight up act of war? [View all] Girard442 Saturday OP

more like war ON venezuela msongs Saturday #1

Probably getting close to it-- Igel Saturday #2

They're not ignoring it. Air travel over and into Venezuela has ceased Arazi Saturday #4

Not a blockade, MarineCombatEngineer Saturday #3

Yes, at least in 1962 it was... GJGCA Saturday #5

This is true, MarineCombatEngineer Saturday #6