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until now, you present us with this -
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this - this calamity.
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The charges were neither documented
nor proven.
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Well, now that they are documented
and proved,
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I wonder if your action is adequate
to meet the provocation.
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Mr. President.
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Senator Russell.
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I must say I couldn't live with myself
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if I didn't speak out
in the strongest possible terms.
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It is vitally important that
we act with greater strength
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than you are contemplating.
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Let me say again,
I plan to do everything necessary
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to protect our country.
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With all respect,
a blockade is a halfway measure.
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It will alienate our allies
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while doing the communists
no tangible harm whatsoever.
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Mr. President,
we have to destroy those bases.
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Senator, is still possible
that we can resolve this matter
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without a devastating war.
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And I won't launch such a war
lightly, I assure you.
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Once there's an attack,
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our enemies could respond
with a missile barrage
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from Cuba alone that would kill
80 million of our people,
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80 million.
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Mr. President.
1:04:10
Senator Fulbright.
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Your entire constituency
could be wiped out
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in the first 30 seconds.
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I won't associate myself
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with what has been said here.
1:04:19
Since it will be necessary to strike
Cuba and to invade it,
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I think we should do so now, quickly
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with the overwhelming power
which is still ours.
1:04:29
Let me get this straight
you're for an invasion of Cuba, Bill,
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you and Senator Russell here,
is that correct?
1:04:35
Regretfully, Mr. President,
I think that your plan
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for an embargo will fail in the end.
1:04:47
You know what they said in there,
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oh, sure, we support you, Mr. President,
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but is your decision, not ours.
1:04:53
And if things go wrong,
we'll knock your block off.
1:04:56
Maybe I ought to let them have
this lousy job.
1:04:58
Is too late for that now.