Echoes of Cuban missile crisis in Ukraine standoff
The real prospect of Ukraine succumbing to its proWestern element and joining NATO invites fears over the next step: US nuclear missiles deployed to Ukraine and aimed at neighboring Russia. Those wishing to understand the Russia position here need only to recall the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when restraint won the day after a nervereckoning standoff. RT producer Enrique Rivera explains the disturbing parallels. Then Prof. Peter Kuznick and former Naval intelligence officer John Jordan join to share their insights. (00:58) Four new cases of Havana syndrome, the mysterious illness that strikes US State Dept. personnel and their families when stationed overseas, are being reported in Geneva and Paris. RT America s Alex Mihailovich has the details. (10:01) A look at CNN shows that it continues its plunge into obscurity at lightning speed. They now average just 550, 000 viewers, whereas they boasted an average of 2. 7 million just one year ago. Legal and media analyst Lionel of Lionel Media shares his i
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