At the July 20, 1961 National Security Council meeting, General Hickey, chairman of the "Net Evaluation Subcommittee" of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented a plan for a nuclear surprise attack on the Soviet Union in late 1963, preceded by a period of heightened tensions. Kennedy walked out of that meeting when US military and CIA leaders were trying to enlist his support for that surprise attack. Besides walking out, he led Dean Rusk back to the Oval Office, he also said what he thought of the entire proceeding. Turning to Rusk, he said with "a strange look on his face: "And we call ourselves the human race".
If President Obama were quoted a similar option, how would he react today?
Think about it, and TRY to sleep well tonight!!
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