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Robert McNamara:
We've worked up several military scenarios; before I ask General Taylor to take us through the various options, I'd like for us to adopt a rule: If we decide to strike, we must agree now to do it *before* the missiles become operational, because once they are I don't think we can guarantee getting them all before at least... at least some of them are launched
We've worked up several military scenarios; before I ask General Taylor to take us through the various options, I'd like for us to adopt a rule: If we decide to strike, we must agree now to do it *before* the missiles become operational, because once they are I don't think we can guarantee getting them all before at least... at least some of them are launched
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We worked up several military scenarios
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Before I ask General Taylor to take us through the various options
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I'd like for us to adopt a rule
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If we decide to strike
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we must agree now to do it
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before the missiles become operational
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because once they are I don't think we can guarantee getting them all
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before at least
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At least some of them are launched
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Movie Summary
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.

