In a new account of the Cuban missile affair, Le Monde quotes newly declassified US recordings as showing Kennedy resisting strong pressure from generals and politicians alike to launch an all-out attack on the island: "In the United States, there will always be people to say, 'Let's go, let's bomb. The bombs will be launched and will erase 15 cities from the map of the United States. They will then be deemed to have been wrong."
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In a new account of the Cuban missile affair, Le Monde quotes newly declassified US recordings as showing Kennedy resisting strong pressure from generals and politicians alike to launch an all-out attack on the island: "In the United States, there will always be people to say, 'Let's go, let's bomb. The bombs will be launched and will erase 15 cities from the map of the United States. They will then be deemed to have been wrong."
