Watching this movie on OnDemand while I’m doing my reading–in other words, not paying a whole ton of attention. I’m not sure how historically accurate it’s supposed to be, but the Cuban Missile Crisis is kind of fascinating in any case. (Plus, I can indulge my weird historico-crush on Bobby Kennedy.)
What’s really crazy is to think about, say, the current administration in a situation like that. We’d be screwed–they’d have bombed first, and probably not survived long enough to ask questions later. Even with McCain’s famous temper and willingness to joke about bombing Iran…
I wonder how many people, put in that situation, would’ve managed to extract us from it in one piece? I’m not one for mindless JFK-hero worship, but it is fairly interesting to note that whether or not this movie’s accurate in the degree of resistance received from the military brass, there were definitely people who wanted to bomb, to invade, to do the kind of shit we’ve done in Iraq.
Of course, now we just go after countries without nuclear weapons, and without superpower backing.