Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This pathetic situation would not exist today had the President acted courageously, and staged a rapid, forceful and decisive invasion of Cuba, presenting Russia with a fait accompli...
...Kennedy's speech, therefore, on the Russians' military buildup in Cuba and his seven-point program to deal with this dangerous threat to the peace and security of the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. and the free world, is heartening to us. We can only hope that, should the situation warrant it, Mr. Kennedy will back his brave words with deeds, since the Russians respect positive action and not high-sounding rhetoric...
Staggering Proof. To Kennedy, the time of truth arrived when he received sheaves of photographs taken during the preceding few days by U.S. reconnaissance planes over Cuba. They furnished staggering proof of a massive, breakneck buildup of Soviet missile power on Castro's island. Already poised were missiles capable of hurling a megaton each-or roughly 50 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb-at the U.S. Under construction were sites for launching five-megaton missiles...
Into early October, the Soviets proceeded covertly, masking their operations with lies and claims that they were sending only "defensive" weapons to Cuba. Then they threw off stealth, lunging ahead in a frantic, scarcely concealed push to get offensive missiles up and ready to fire. Their aim was devastatingly obvious: they meant to present the U.S. with the accomplished fact of a deadly missile arsenal on Cuba...
...would not be enough for the Russians to halt missile shipments to Cuba. Instead, all missiles in Cuba must be dismantled and removed. If necessary, the U.S. would remove them by invasion...