If you are expecting a president to call off a nuclear strike when all systems are go, you are sadly mistaken.
Confronted With Nuclear Launch, a President Can Fall Prey to Procedure
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John F. Kennedy
The Real Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis
“When I saw the rockets being fired at Mario’s house, I swore to myself that the Americans would pay dearly for what they are doing. When this war is over a much wider and bigger war will begin for me: The war that I am going to wage against them. I know that this is my real destiny.” Fidel Castro wrote these words in 1958, the decisive year of his guerrilla war against Dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Round-The-Clock Voting
The American electorate spoke out in no uncertain terms, saying that they do not want permanent war. Nor will they accept the Bush administration’s mantra of terrorism that has cavalierly torn at the very fabric of the Bill of Rights and the rule of law.