We wouldn’t?
Who said?
“We” tolerated a heavily armed Cuba, with a Soviet brigade no less.
We kept very close tabs on what was going on down there during that time. I had a scout-swimmer friend who, along with a few buddies, swam ashore on the commie-side of the fence one night, walked around the russian base and took pictures of all the russian hardware present. They then swam back out to the boat. This expedition proved that nuclear-capable missiles were brought back to Cuba in the late 70’s