[SnakeDoctor]

>> YOU are deluded. Read some early 1960s history and you will discover that JFK was a Foreign Policy DISASTER! Krutchaov(sp?) rolled him at EVERY opportunity!

Not exactly. I’d say Kennedy rolled Khrushchev during the missile crisis. We gave up Turkey ... but disaster was averted, and the Soviets were forced to pull out of Cuba.

That being said, Kennedy was inexperienced, and was really no match for Khrushchev. The Bay of Pigs was a catastrophe. Several attempts on Castro fell far short. Vietnam was the right call, though.

I’d take an inexperienced John Kennedy over inexperienced Obama any day.

SnakeDoc

[Cincinatus]

I’d say Kennedy rolled Khrushchev during the missile crisis.

You'd be wrong.

We gave up Turkey ... but disaster was averted, and the Soviets were forced to pull out of Cuba.

We didn't "give up" Turkey -- we removed some Jupiter MRBM missiles from there. No big loss, but the real loss was the US pledge NOT to invade Cuba, which was part of the missile crisis resolution deal. That stripped America of all leverage to fight against Castro. Not to mention condemning to death hundreds of political prisoners in Cuban gulags over the intervening years.

Kennedy "won," eh? Thank God we didn't have too many of those victories.