Peter Kuznick

I think they saw it as a tragedy and an opportunity. You know, I think they... So you're not suggesting they knew about it? No, I'm not suggesting that.

I think they saw it as a tragedy and an opportunity. You know, I think they... So you're not suggesting they knew about it? No, I'm not suggesting that.

He caved in during the Cuban Missile Crisis. So his hawks wanted to get rid of him for being too weak. But let me go back to what Oliver's saying, because in October of 1962, right after the Missile Crisis, two weeks later, Khrushchev writes an incredible letter to Kennedy. in which he says, from evil, some good must come. Our people have both felt the burning flames of thermonuclear war.

He caved in during the Cuban Missile Crisis. So his hawks wanted to get rid of him for being too weak. But let me go back to what Oliver's saying, because in October of 1962, right after the Missile Crisis, two weeks later, Khrushchev writes an incredible letter to Kennedy. in which he says, from evil, some good must come. Our people have both felt the burning flames of thermonuclear war.

He caved in during the Cuban Missile Crisis. So his hawks wanted to get rid of him for being too weak. But let me go back to what Oliver's saying, because in October of 1962, right after the Missile Crisis, two weeks later, Khrushchev writes an incredible letter to Kennedy. in which he says, from evil, some good must come. Our people have both felt the burning flames of thermonuclear war.

We have to use this now to eliminate every conflict between us that could lead to a new crisis. And Kennedy and Khrushchev, slowly on Kennedy's part, more rapidly on Khrushchev's, they began working together in 63. Norman Cousins was the intermediary, and he met with Khrushchev twice and made it clear that the United States really did want to have a peaceful reconciliation.

We have to use this now to eliminate every conflict between us that could lead to a new crisis. And Kennedy and Khrushchev, slowly on Kennedy's part, more rapidly on Khrushchev's, they began working together in 63. Norman Cousins was the intermediary, and he met with Khrushchev twice and made it clear that the United States really did want to have a peaceful reconciliation.

We have to use this now to eliminate every conflict between us that could lead to a new crisis. And Kennedy and Khrushchev, slowly on Kennedy's part, more rapidly on Khrushchev's, they began working together in 63. Norman Cousins was the intermediary, and he met with Khrushchev twice and made it clear that the United States really did want to have a peaceful reconciliation.

And had Kennedy lived, I mean, his AU commencement address that I mentioned is, I think, the most important presidential address of the 20th century.

And had Kennedy lived, I mean, his AU commencement address that I mentioned is, I think, the most important presidential address of the 20th century.

And had Kennedy lived, I mean, his AU commencement address that I mentioned is, I think, the most important presidential address of the 20th century.

Well, and Norman Cousins came back from Russia and said, Khrushchev needs some obvious signal that you're serious. And Norman Cousins actually wrote the first draft. And then Kennedy took it, and they didn't let the CIA, the State Department, or the Pentagon even see it beforehand. which is why Kennedy was able to, it was called the strategy for peace speech.

Well, and Norman Cousins came back from Russia and said, Khrushchev needs some obvious signal that you're serious. And Norman Cousins actually wrote the first draft. And then Kennedy took it, and they didn't let the CIA, the State Department, or the Pentagon even see it beforehand. which is why Kennedy was able to, it was called the strategy for peace speech.

Well, and Norman Cousins came back from Russia and said, Khrushchev needs some obvious signal that you're serious. And Norman Cousins actually wrote the first draft. And then Kennedy took it, and they didn't let the CIA, the State Department, or the Pentagon even see it beforehand. which is why Kennedy was able to, it was called the strategy for peace speech.

And what he says there, among other things, is that the relation between the US and Soviets is tragic. Why should we be enemies? Why should we see them as enemies? What Kennedy could do, and he doesn't have speech, is see the world through the eyes of America's adversaries. When was the last time we had a leader who could do that? I mean, Carter maybe for a minute, Obama maybe for a minute, but...

And what he says there, among other things, is that the relation between the US and Soviets is tragic. Why should we be enemies? Why should we see them as enemies? What Kennedy could do, and he doesn't have speech, is see the world through the eyes of America's adversaries. When was the last time we had a leader who could do that? I mean, Carter maybe for a minute, Obama maybe for a minute, but...

And what he says there, among other things, is that the relation between the US and Soviets is tragic. Why should we be enemies? Why should we see them as enemies? What Kennedy could do, and he doesn't have speech, is see the world through the eyes of America's adversaries. When was the last time we had a leader who could do that? I mean, Carter maybe for a minute, Obama maybe for a minute, but...

almost nobody else. So what Kennedy says is so relevant to today, he says, to put a nuclear adversary in a position of either suffering a humiliating defeat or using nuclear weapons is either a colossal failure of statesmanship or a collective death wish for humanity, which is exactly what Biden is doing at this point.

almost nobody else. So what Kennedy says is so relevant to today, he says, to put a nuclear adversary in a position of either suffering a humiliating defeat or using nuclear weapons is either a colossal failure of statesmanship or a collective death wish for humanity, which is exactly what Biden is doing at this point.

almost nobody else. So what Kennedy says is so relevant to today, he says, to put a nuclear adversary in a position of either suffering a humiliating defeat or using nuclear weapons is either a colossal failure of statesmanship or a collective death wish for humanity, which is exactly what Biden is doing at this point.