Sooooo...
Cuban missile crisis, would have been our fault if we’d reacted by stomping Cuba flat?
All theoretical. Russia invading Ukraine is not theoretical/
Pres Kennedy talked Russia out of Cuba. Removing its nukes from Cuba. But part of the deal was scaling back American bases in Turkey.
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Secret Negotiations:
Kennedy secretly negotiated with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
The compromise involved a quid pro quo: Kennedy agreed to remove obsolete U.S. nuclear missiles based in Turkey, while Khrushchev committed to withdrawing Soviet nuclear arms from Cuba.
The removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey was a crucial part of the deal, even though it was not publicly acknowledged at the time1.