The American Decision
oIn September Kennedy had stated and Congress had passed a resolution saying that if the Soviet Union placed offensive weapons in Cuba we would not tolerate it.
nCould we then rely solely on diplomacy? Kennedys thought John could be “impeached” if he didn’t act in accordance with his prior warnings
oDetermined in first 48 hours of crisis that the removal of missiles was the primary objective
nThis objective effectively ruled out isolated diplomacy, and left two options…
