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In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy had cynically attacked Richard Nixon from the right, claiming that the Eisenhower-Nixon administration had allowed a
by RodericDay 11y ago
In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy had cynically attacked Richard Nixon from the right, claiming that the Eisenhower-Nixon administration had allowed a dangerous “missile gap” to grow in the U.S.S.R.’s favor. But in fact, just as Eisenhower and Nixon had suggested—and just as the classified briefings that Kennedy received as a presidential candidate indicated—the missile gap, and the nuclear balance generally, was overwhelmingly to America’s advantage.
I'm glad stuff like this would not happen in 2015
- fredkbloggs 11y ago> I'm glad stuff like this would not happen in 2015 There is one thing that would never happen today: a Democrat attacking from the right, or for that matter talking about military strategy at all. Of course, the Republicans don't seem interested in talking about China, either. It's the new third rail of American politics.
- arethuza 11y agoKennedy was sensitive to the accusation that he was an "appeaser" as his father has been US ambassador to the UK at the time of the Munich agreement and had supported a policy of appeasing the Nazis. General Curtis Le May even said to Kennedy "It will lead right to war. This is almost as bad as the appeasement at Munich."