Was the Cuban Missle crises a JFK blunder ???

Question

If the name "Kenneth Keating" is un-familiar to you , you'r not well -infomed on the Cuban Missle crises . Keating was the first person to reveal to the American public the presence of USSR missiles in Cuba.

When Keating first stated that there were missles in Cuba , the New York Times "reported' on Keating's warning with a one-paragraph "article" on page 18 .

During the period when Keating was pressing this issue , JFK did ---- NOTHING!!!

For 45 DAYS , the Air Force was prohibited from flying planes over Cuba to obtain intelligence. JFK was "assured" by his Russian "Contact" that there was no reason for JFK to be concerned , and JFK "Fell for It"

JFK simply could not accept the Russians would /could be so rash and reckless, as indeed they were.

Were it not for Keatings repeated revelations, which were 100% accurate, and which "Forced' JFK to respond ,the missles would have been "ready to launch" at US citys .

Answer 1

All photographs were inconclusive. The U-2 was still in infant stages. Once the photos wer confirmed, JFK took measures to prevent. This is also a time when Democrats supported the military, and the military respected Democrats. The US Navy blockaded Cuba. As was then, and is now, the US has no second in superiority on the sea's.

Answer 2

We are all still alive, and the Russians backed down. Kennedy 1, Soviets 0. Kennedy was all like "Whats up son? You want nuclear war, I'm down!" The Soviets wanted no part of that, so they high tailed it the f**k outta Cuba once we agreed to remove our missles from Turkey.

Answer 3

You have been reading some seriously slanted history. It is very easy to interpret what happened in retrospect, but it is not necessarily always accurate.