Way up yonder BWL said that in 1963 "everybody" knew that 1967 would not come to pass. I remember 1963 very well so I went looking for its history. As years go, especially up to Autumn, it was a fairly mellow time. Among the things that happened internationally are:

1 French veto Common Market, 2 Ngo Dinh Diem, 3 Kenya Independent, 4 OAU Founded, 5 Nuclear Test (A test ban treaty, actually), 6 Feminine Mystique, 7 U of Alabama Integrated, 8 Medgar Evers Slain, 9 Martin Luther King, 10 Kennedy visits Berlin, 11 Kennedy Assassinated, 12 Vaccine for Measles..."

I'd be interested in hearing Beed develop his thought further.


As for whether I think nuclear weapons will be used in the MidEast any time soon, as long as the Bush is in the White House there is no way to predict. It appears that not only is his own mind warped closed but he has advisors and minions that encourage the bloodiest - and stupidest - of his thoughts.