Dick Foster
Platinum Member
JFK's incredible blunder of the botched Bay of Pigs invasion set the stage for the missile crisis. The Russians thought (correctly?) that they were dealing with a dilettante president who had bad advice from his A.G. brother who was more fixated with Cuba than he was with his job. The dirty little secret was that the Russians had (still have) boomer subs with nuclear missiles within striking distance of the U.S. while the pissing contest between JFK and Nikita K. brought us to Defcon #2
What? You're supposed to tell us how FDR caused it all. Are you feeling poorly today?
How'd you know that?