Poor Planning Or Poor Execution Of Plans

I Want To Say, And This Is Very Important: At The End We Lucked Out. It Was Luck That Prevented Nuclear War. We Came That Close To Nuclear War At The End. Rational Individuals: Kennedy Was Rational; Khrushchev Was Rational; Castro Was Rational. Rational Individuals Came That Close To Total Destruction Of Their Societies. And That Danger Exists Today.

Action Should Be Founded On Contemplation, And Those Of Us Who Act Don't Put Enough Time, Don't Give Enough Emphasis, To Contemplation.

...but Highly Placed Sources Within The Kennedy Administration Disagreed: "[t]he Assumption That The Strategic Nuclear Balance Mattered In Any Way Was Wrong... As Far As I Am Concerned, It Made No Difference... If My Memory Serves Me Correctly, We Had Some Five Thousand Strategic Nuclear Warheads As Against T Heir Three Hundred. Can Anyone Seriously Tell Me That Their Having Three Hundred And Forty Would Have Made Any Difference? The Military Balance Wasn't Changed. I Didn't Believe It Then, And I Don't Believe It Now..."

There Are Many Ways To Make The Death Rate Increase.

I Would Characterize Current Us Nuclear Weapons Policy As Immoral, Illegal, Militarily Unnecessary, And Dreadfully Dangerous