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Let me tell you that the stink of war
is stronger than ever.
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And if you're gonna spend time arguing
over new conditions
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there's gonna be a disaster for Cuba,
for the Soviet Union,
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for the whole damn world.
:45:16
I understand.
:45:20
I will communicate your answer.
:45:21
Thank you, and excuse me,
I have a great deal to do.
:45:55
Dear Mr. President:
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The time has come to rise above
petty passions and transient things.
:46:09
If indeed war were to break out it would
not be in our power to stop it,
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for such is the logic of war.
:46:18
I have participated in two such wars
:46:20
and I know that it ends only after
:46:21
it has rolled through cities and villages
:46:24
everywhere sowing death and destruction.
:46:29
Mr. President, you are mistaken
to think of the missiles in Cuba
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as offensive weapons.
:46:36
As a military man,
you should understand that missiles,
:46:39
like old-fashioned cannon
cannot be considered
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defensive or offensive.
:46:43
Be calm in this regard we are
of sound mind.
:46:47
We understand that if we attack,
you will respond,
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and you understand that
then you will receive
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what you hurl against us.
:46:55
We are normal people,
we correctly understand the situation.
:46:58
Only lunatics or suicides who
themselves want to die