# Kennedy's Handling of Cuban Missle Crisis. Cowards Way Out or Heroic Effort?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 2, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedys-handling-of-cuban-missle-crisis-cowards-way-out-or-heroic-effort/359147 "2006-06-02T14:53:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedys-handling-of-cuban-missle-crisis-cowards-way-out-or-heroic-effort/359147/41 "2006-06-07T19:41:03Z")

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> [@kanicbird](#):
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> Also the US didn’t know that the USSR had 3 subs armed with nuke torpedos which would have wiped out all of our ships in the area - not just tactical nukes but the really loud type.

Although the Bikini tests proved that using nuclear weapons against ships at sea is not as big an advantage as it might seem.

> [@DxZero](#):
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> And I would be remiss not to point out, “when in fact he was dealing with a man (Kruschev) who was quite capable of starting WWII.”

Well, I’d agree, Kruschev could very well have started WWII, had he lived at a different time. 😉

> [@speakingmythoughts](#):
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> Judging by the answers in this thread, Bush should compromise.

With whom? The Iranians? Sure - war with Iran would cause a few more problems than it would solve, IMHO.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedys-handling-of-cuban-missle-crisis-cowards-way-out-or-heroic-effort/359147/42 "2006-06-07T20:03:10Z")

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> [@wevets](#):
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> Although the Bikini tests proved that using nuclear weapons against ships at sea is not as big an advantage as it might seem.

Tell us more about these Bikini tests! 🙂

[cue footage of pair of giant boobs destroying Tokyo]

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