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In reply to the discussion: Magical thinking [View all]avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)I lived through that time, and I don't recall Kennedy beating the war drums like Obama is. Also President Kennedy did not base his case on highly questionable data as Obama has. President Kennedy presented the nation with photographs clearly showing sites for medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles (MRBMs and IRBMs) under construction. We haven't seen anything comparable regarding Syria's chemical weapons. During the Cuban missile crisis our nation was not against a military or even nuclear response to Russia. Whereas today over six national polls show a strong majority of Americans opposed to the US bombing Syria. Syria does not pose a real threat to the US, while Cuba is geographically in our backyard. So Cuba having missiles pointed at the US represented a distinct and immediate threat to the security of the American people.
So I think you analogy is apples and oranges imo.