I am going to start off this post by saying I'm a democrat and I don't plan on voting for Bush this fall. I didn't vote for him last election either, but that should have no bearing on this topic. I want to hear legitmate answers to what you think Bush would have done during the cuban missile crisis.
JFK I think was a great president. He handled the cuban missile crisis in the best possible matter, I honestly think there is no room to debate that. The political pressure he put hit the spot just right. He went out to gether solid inteligence on the reports of cuba having nuclear weapon capability, and proceeded with putting a naval blockade around cuba. I think bush would have jumped on the first opportunity to attack cuba in the name of "making the US safe from soviet nuclear missiles" and risked a nuclear war (heaven forbid he had to say nuclear in public). Given his track history I don't think he would have handled the situation well at all. What does everyone else think?
Please don't reply w/ "what a lib thing to say". This is a serious honest question, would you trust Bush if he was our president during the cuban missile crisis? If not, how could you vote for him to stay in office knowing that under extreme pressure he will not make the right decision.
Ogi
JFK I think was a great president. He handled the cuban missile crisis in the best possible matter, I honestly think there is no room to debate that. The political pressure he put hit the spot just right. He went out to gether solid inteligence on the reports of cuba having nuclear weapon capability, and proceeded with putting a naval blockade around cuba. I think bush would have jumped on the first opportunity to attack cuba in the name of "making the US safe from soviet nuclear missiles" and risked a nuclear war (heaven forbid he had to say nuclear in public). Given his track history I don't think he would have handled the situation well at all. What does everyone else think?
Please don't reply w/ "what a lib thing to say". This is a serious honest question, would you trust Bush if he was our president during the cuban missile crisis? If not, how could you vote for him to stay in office knowing that under extreme pressure he will not make the right decision.
Ogi