tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578309363269070997.post3653755781546571007..comments2023-12-04T15:05:58.874-08:00Comments on Khranit Vechno : KAL007 Chapter 11.7 Soviet Desk 1981-85 and 11.13 ISCA 1992-95Sapozhnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12639894731622595594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578309363269070997.post-60085552077143710512015-11-08T12:14:28.389-08:002015-11-08T12:14:28.389-08:001983 was lucky year for the U.S and the U.S.S.R. A...1983 was lucky year for the U.S and the U.S.S.R. As recently released PFIAB documents indicate, we avoided nuclear war by a whisker, and it was largely due to the good judgment of the colonels and majors in charge of the missiles. Sapozhnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639894731622595594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578309363269070997.post-76416020240637793912015-11-08T12:13:27.181-08:002015-11-08T12:13:27.181-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sapozhnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639894731622595594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578309363269070997.post-78001899426559543502015-11-08T11:42:10.049-08:002015-11-08T11:42:10.049-08:00WRT to your second paragraph. I suspect we may ha...WRT to your second paragraph. I suspect we may have gone to some of the same meetings. I recall attending an IG chaired by Tom Niles that discussed possible retaliatory actions. I guy I had not known before, John Lenczowski, then of the NSC staff, and arguably insane, suggested (out loud) that we shoot down an Aeroflot plane on its way into JFK. My recollection is there was a momentary hush and the discussion moved on.<br />Any respect I may have had for Seymour Hersh BTW, I lost after he wrote his IMHO piece of trash book about KAL-007douginvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995536084715129907noreply@blogger.com