every day at risk of a nuclear war with the soviet union, staring each other down. children hid under their desks doing drills. the architect of the crisis, khrushchev. as the head of the soviet union, khrushchev was ideological. he believed the future belongs to communism. he said, america needs to be contained and the only way to do it is create crises all around the american empire. that very historian you just heard in the documentary clip. really a pleasure to have you here with us, live in studio. such an interesting time in our world, such an interesting relationship between those two countries, especially when you see what s going on right now. the soviet union, the united states, fearful of one another, exaggerating one another s powers. it must have been a very strange time to live in that kind of tone.
afghanistan to tell you about. general john allen, the is now strongly condemning some photos that will be appearing in the los angeles times at 8:00 a.m. eastern time and those photos depict u.s. troops posing with the bodies of suicide bombers in afghanistan. the incident which took place back in 2010 represents a serious error in judgment by several soldiers who acted out of ignorance and unfamiliarity with u.s. army values. nick, we haven t seen the photos yet. what exactly are they supposed to show us? apologizing for the contents of these pictures ahead of their publication by los angeles times expected later on today. they issued a statement in which they condemn the images which apparently show the bodies of dead afghan insurgents who died in suicide attacks. i mean apparently taken, according to issa a in 2010 but only now being leaked to the press. let me read to soyou some of th statement. the action of the photographs do not represent the policies and the