AI: John F. Kennedy 🇺🇸🦅, Nikita Khrushchev 🇷🇺☭, and Fidel Castro 🇨🇺⭐: The Cuban Missile Crisis ☢️🚀🌎 — October 14-19, 1962 (Part I)
“There’s an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.” — John F. Kennedy 🇺🇸🦅
“I knew I was going to be looking at something very important, but I had no idea it would be something that would bring us to the brink of World War III.” — Major Richard S. Heyser, U-2 Reconnaissance Pilot 🇺🇸✈️
“Oh shit! Shit! Shit! Those sons of bitches Russians.” — Robert F. Kennedy 🇺🇸⚖️
“I have been instructed to make it clear… that Soviet assistance to Cuba pursues solely the purpose of contributing to the defense capabilities of Cuba solely.” — Andrei Gromyko 🇷🇺🤝
“This blockade and political action, I see leading into war… This is almost as bad as the appeasement at Munich.” — General Curtis LeMay 🇺🇸✈️