> .. “we’ve known this might be coming for a week,” Kennedy informed... To refuse public acquiescence would be difficult.. These were obsolete missiles.. slated for withdrawal, soon to be replaced by.. more lethal.. invulnerable #PolarisSubmarines. Kennedy recognized that he would be in an “insupportable position if this becomes [#Khrushchev’s] proposal,”.. because the #TurkishMissiles were useless and were being withdrawn anyway, and because “it’s gonna — to any.. rational man, it will look like a very fair trade.” #ChomskyOnKennedy #KennedyNuclearWar