[FPSPACE] JFK Speech At Rice

[Dwayne Allen Day]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 JamesOberg@aol.com wrote:

> Two books about the Cuban Missile Crisis, for instance, show how
> lucky we were to have Kennedy as president during what was the most 
> dangerous moment in the history of the world. >>
> 
> More self-serving Kennedyesque self-glorification, IMHO. If somebody else 
> had been president, there might never would have been any Soviet missiles 
> even REACH Cuba. 

I think there is validity to this argument that many historians would
acknowledge.  A number of scholars have come to the conclusion that
Khrushchev made the Cuban move because he viewed Kennedy as a
lightweight.  He thought that he could do it and get away with it.  As
Soviet archives continue to open further, we may get more info on this.


DDAY