The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for February 10, 2015
February 09, 2015
February 11, 2015
Transcript:
Woman: Never mind, Fidel. I'll see if granny can open the pickles. Circa 1962: The less-talked about cuban muscle crisis
Gopher…. and there was that Christmas party in 1967, when she found him kissing his secretary….
The Cuban mistletoe crisis.
And of course, his famous 1970 war of words with the then US Attorney General, which precipitated the Cuban/Mitchell crisis.
I know it didn’t involve Fidel…. but don’t forget the more recent disappearance of a Russian cargo ship bound for Havana…mysteriously lost at sea, with its whole cargo of police equipment….
Yeah, yeah…the Cuban whistle crisis.
(OK, OK…. so sue me.)