Lights had burned latein key Washington offices as those most vitallyinvolved in the...

[soft music] Lights had burned late
in key Washington offices as those most vitally
involved in the nation's defense and security made
ready to deal with the crisis. Over the many days
of the crisis, Kennedy listens to various
different opinions. There were a number
of people in the military who were itching
for a fight with the Soviets. John Kennedy
did not want that. But he didn't know how to do
that without looking weak. ♪ ♪ He was very much caught
between a State Department that wanted to find
a way for peace and a military
that wanted to go to war. He really made a mistake
with the Bay of Pigs. Kennedy was made a fool of. And he said, "I'll never
let it happen again." The American male
fear of ridicule runs throughout so much
of our foreign policy