[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
We were exactly one Soviet officer away from a nuclear torpedo being launched and, if things had dragged out much longer, the US plan was to invade Cuba, which would've been met with nuclear-armed forces authorized to use them. The world came within a hair's breadth of nuclear devastation and the US was the one pushing it there, regardless of whoever's responsible for setting it up.
[–] Ben77 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Hence why I said "it could be argued"