[Arizona Carolyn]

That he would be at least a moderate Republican today is probably accurate of JFK. He certainly wasn't afraid to stand up to the Soviet Union when they were sending weapons to Cuba.... something even we don't seem willing to do today when they are sending dangerous items to Iran and Venezuela.

[Tenniel]

As in most conflicts when the adversaries aren't homicidal/suicidal lunatics, the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis gave both sides something they wanted. Nikita Sergeyevitch agreed to remove what he called "the weapons you [the U.S.] describe as offensive" in exchange for our promise not to invade Cuba. To sweeten the deal, Jack had Bobby conduct back-channel negotiations with Anatoly Dobrynin, the Soviet ambassador to the U.S., the upshot of which was our dismantling of our Jupiter missile bases in Turkey.

In a way, I miss those guys.