The Missiles of October
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We believe, sir, that the Cold War
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has been caused by communist aggression
against the free world.

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I think we've heard that story before.
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You see, we trace your hostility
to the several divisions

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of Americans who fought us
on Russian soil immediately

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following our revolution in 1918.
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I know many Americans don't like
to remember the illegal

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attempt to invade our country
and change our government,

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but that is a fact of history,
and you have to take -

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May I have a moment, Mr. Secretary.
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Yes.
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Mr. Secretary,
I know there's something going on

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that you don't want to talk about,
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but the press corps is getting
damned suspicious

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with half the government shuttling
between the White House

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and the State Department
two and three times a day.

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I think you better tell all
the big wheels

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to get their limousines off the streets.
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I don't know what you're talking about,
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but thanks very much.
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Is American imperialism
which has stood between

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the natural friendship of
the common people of our nations.

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But we, Mr. Foreign Minister,
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remember the excesses of Stalin,
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recall the subjugation of Eastern Europe,
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and are reminded of
Chairman Khrushchev's provocative

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prophesy that you will attempt
to bury us.

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Mr. Secretary, you misunderstand.
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Capitalism will collapse
of its own violation.

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You see, to put it perfectly accurately,
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we believe that you will bury yourselves.
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Gentlemen, a blockade is a first step.
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If it succeeds, we've avoided war.
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If it fails, the other options
are still open to us.

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If we attack by air,
we kill Russian technicians.

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All right,
I'll go along on humanitarian grounds

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with giving Castro 24 hours notice
and then bombing.

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ntlemen, this country is supposed to stand for someth
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Is supposed to be a symbol
of morals and values and fair play.

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Now, how the hell will bombing
a tiny country into submission

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help establish us as a leader
in the free world,

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what kind of a victory would it be?
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Better than a defeat, I would say.
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Yes.
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And when the smoke clears,
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and the corpses are dragged
from the rubble,

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what do we answer when the world
asks why, where is your proof,


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