The Iran situation reminds me of JFK’s decision to pull back from hawkish advisers during the Cuban missile crisis.

The crisis peaked on Oct. 27, “Black Saturday,” when a series of startling events, including the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over Cuba, suggested that neither Khrushchev nor ...

I was 17 when the Cuban Missile crisis took place. JFK handled it beautifully. He ignored the buffoons on the Joint Chiefs and cut a deal.

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After a pre-determined date, Kennedy was prepared to totally destroy the missiles pointed at the continental U.S. as they ...

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Since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the mission of Minuteman missiles, a key part of the U.S. nuclear triad, has been Nuclear Deterrence. Display at Malmstrom Museum Air Park.

The crisis peaked on Oct. 27, “Black Saturday,” when a series of startling events, including the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over Cuba, suggested that neither Khrushchev nor ...