I Don't Object To Its Being Called

I Want To Say, And This Is Very Important: At The End We Lucked Out. It Was Luck That Prevented Nuclear War. We Came That Close To Nuclear War At The End. Rational Individuals: Kennedy Was Rational; Khrushchev Was Rational; Castro Was Rational. Rational Individuals Came That Close To Total Destruction Of Their Societies. And That Danger Exists Today.

[general Curtis] Lemay Recognized That What He Was Doing Would Be Thought Immoral If His Side Has Lost. But What Makes It Immoral If You Lose And Not Immoral If You Win?

To This Day We Seem To Act In The World As Though We Know What's Right For Everybody.

That's One Of The Major Lessons: No President Should Ever Take This Nation To War Without Full Public Debate In The Congress And/or In The Public.

The Indefinite Combination Of Human Fallibility And Nuclear Weapons Will Lead To The Destruction Of Nations.