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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.
-Robert McNamara
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I Want To Say, And This Is

Robert McNamara
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.
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