The American Decision cont.
oOption 1 - Air Strike
nOn October 17th, President Kennedy
“made the flat statement that there would definitely be an
air strike, at least against the missile sites, and perhaps against
wider targets” (Bundy 394)
nReservations from others, airstrike may be using
a “sledgehammer” to kill a “fly
nLater that day Robert McNamara suggests policy
in between diplomacy and an air strike