[ealgeone]

If one studies what deals we made to "avert" the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US lost this crisis.

It part of the deal for the removal of the Russian missiles we removed our missiles in Turkey and Italy. Though this was not made public at the time.

But more importantly, we made a pledge to not invade Cuba; thus providing a permanent Communist base of operations 90 miles off the coast of the United States.

The problems of the 60s in Latin and Central America attest to the cost of this strategic blunder.

From our perspective, the Cuban Missile Crisis, though a tactical win, was a strategic failure.

[A_Former_Democrat]

The stolen 1960 election was the biggest mistake of our lifetime

[sparklite2]

There was a window of opportunity after the fall of the USSR when the US could have liberated Cuba. Bush didn’t lift a finger. What a guy. /s

[shanover]

...the Cuban Missile Crisis, though a tactical win, was a strategic failure.

Cuba should have been steamrolled by the full force of our military. Kennedy was a failure.

Truman lost North Korea and it shows how asinine and short sighted politicians can be. Clinton and Obama's treason of missile and nuclear "assistance" and blind eye to North Korea,China,Pakistan and Iran will come back to haunt us.