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Hellfire Update: The 'New Cuban Missile Crisis' Mystery Deepens
[PJ Media] Conspiratorial explanations suddenly appear more rational than the official story. Did someone bribe someone to gain control of this cargo? Maybe Lockheed Martin was set up to make the delivery to Cuba look like a mistake instead of a decision? Did the U.S. government sell the missile to Cuba during the prelude to the reestablishment of U.S.-Cuban relations?That last one should have been easy to dispose of. Yet it isn't now, because of the response of State Department Spokesman John Kirby. He was specifically asked whether the U.S. actually sold the missile to Cuba. Kirby answered: I am restricted under federal law and regulations from commenting on the specific defense trade, licensing cases, and compliance matters. What I can say is under the Arms Export and Control Act, the State Department licenses both permanent and temporary exports by U.S. companies of regulated defense articles. Not only is that not a denial, that's Kirby saying the Arms Export Control Act gives the State Department the right to grant licenses of military equipment. So Kirby chose that moment to affirm that the State Department has the right to sell "defense articles" to, say, Cuba. Further pressed by reporters, Kirby declined to say that the U.S. did not or would not authorize a transfer to Cuba. At that time, Cuba was still on the State Department list of terror sponsoring countries. Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-22 |
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