The difference with the Cuban Missile Crisis is there were serious men in charge of the situation on both sides.
Now there are jingoistic hawkish former dope smoking hippies.
“The difference with the Cuban Missile Crisis is there were serious men in charge of the situation on both sides.”
The other REALLY BIG difference is that the Soviets had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at the U.S. and which would take just a few seconds from launch until landing on U.S. targets, thereby making them indefensible ... this was a direct, gigantic, and unacceptable threat to the security of the U.S. ...
No nuclear anilalation yet. Must be doing something right.