>> Brilliant riposte.
Sometimes a simple response will suffice.
>> Your response assumes an either/or choice. I reject that analysis. The Soviets were in no position to launch a nuclear war. Moreover, we knew that. JFK just wanted the crisis to go away and he cut a less than optimum deal.
The Soviets were in a perfect position to launch such a war — we would’ve have little time to respond before being obliterated. I think the American people just wanted the crisis to go away ... they didn’t care about Cuba, Castro or political prisoners when they were at risk of being vaporized by Soviet nukes. We came very close to the brink.
Like I said ... I fail to see how a better solution could’ve been reached. Turkey and Cuba were secondary concerns, and were treated as such.
SnakeDoc
That's the one statement you've made that I agree with.