This was probably the hardest speech for any president to give. Imagine listening to this speech live knowing that a nuclear war could take place. Scary.
Mark Harrison True, but nobody knew that for sure at the time. A Russian sub came horrifically close to launching its nukes during the crisis. The Kremlin gave subs the authority to launch if they decided they should. This sub had zero contact with anyone and assumed WW3 broke out when they were getting depth charges dropped on them. 3 officers had to agree to launch. One refused (Vasilj Arkopov). He literally saved the world. It was so intense that a fist fight almost broke out. Amazing story.
True. These 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis was probably one of the scariest moments in US history. No one knew what was gonna happen and the missiles could've launch at any given moment.
***** Not really. The Cold war was a war between Communism and Capitalism. Technically, it was between Vietnam, Cuba, Guatemala (Before the CIA made the coup), and Russia against the United States and their small puppet states.
+ThePhoxProject Chitturi Abhinav is correct regarding this specific incident. The Cold War was not necessarily between socioeconomic systems but the establishment of footholds by superpower Western bloc America and Eastern bloc Russia. BTW, the term, "Cold War" was coined by George Orwell in his October 19th, 1945 essay, "You And The Atomic Bomb."
I was eleven years old at the time. The nuclear war drills at school were conducted regularly. People started building bomb shelters in their basements or living in them entirely. The thought that a nuclear missile was going to drop out the sky and wipe out civilization was a reality to us.
We, soviet people, were not really that frightened at that time. Did not really think that it is wise to be afraid of the US even though they first put the nuclear rockets in Turkey.
Rudolph Behrens It was broadcast on all 3 networks. I'd come home sick from school that day, also a Monday. When the afternoon cartoons ended ,for the firs time in my life I stayed to watch the evening news as I had no other option. I was only 6 at the time and couldn't fully comprehend the ramifications but my parents did their best to explain it to me. JOHN F KENNEDY was my first LIVING hero. He made Khrushchev back down.
Well, technically (what most people forget) the US started this whole fucking situation by deploying Jupiter rockets in Turkey. Near the Soviet border. This was a natural reaction by the Russians. But surely the US population thought their high-end Commanders are Angels. Nonetheless, he didn't save the worldwide population by his acts. Fucking hell, it was sheer luck (just like McNamara said afterwards) ;-
Zesanactor Over-5 WTF dude so they started it because they bragged? Lol It’s like saying if someone bragged about something they had and so you steal it and get caught and blame him because he bragged about it that’s how stupid you sound
For the doubters ( and at one time I was one of them), John F. Kennedy proved hIs true ability as President. He was being encouraged by military leaders to use this situation to invade Cuba. There is little doubt now this would have launched us into war, and very possibly, nuclear conflict. Patiently, Kennedy carefully deliberated the results of such a precipitous action. Instead he initiated an embargo, giving the Soviet Union a chance to respectfully withdraw. In my opinion, he earned his greatness as President with this momentous decision.
@@markharrison2544 That is true but this exchange forced them to look at the situation from the position of the other instead of just their own. Not many leaders can do that and Kennedy was one such leader. Yes, I believe the Soviet Union was protecting a client state. I also believe that No American government could permit the missiles to remain if they wanted to maintain their legitimacy. But you have to look beyond and to the end game. Anyone can start a war. Not many can avoid one when it comes so close.
Wish we had JFK now! If we had even an ounce of competence, decency or integrity in the WH, Russia and Ukraine could have and should have been easily de-escalated. Instead they laundered money through FTX
I can clearly see the dark circles beneath his eyes. But most importantly I can see his passion to keep on working and serving for the country no matter what.
I remember this well being a young teenager at the time. God I was scared living only 7 - 8 miles from a naval base. I didn't know where to turn for my father had died a few year earlier. What an terrible time.
@@cooldude-mi9wz the difference being that these were deployed openly. The secrecy and duplicity under which the USSR deployed missiles in Cuba was incredibly reckless and antagonistic.
It was my birthday…October 22nd…I was 5…and had a new baby sister born October 6th…I remember listening to the broadcast in the living room from my bedroom adjacent to the dining room. My mom was feeding my sister while sitting on the couch and my dad & great grandma were transfixed on every word JFK uttered. I stood in the doorway of my bedroom unnoticed for almost the entire broadcast until my mom noticed me. I was shaking…scared to death that we’d all die that night. That night, with my sisters cradle in their bedroom, I slept between my mom & dad. The next morning…a Tuesday…I was kept home from kindergarten. To this day I cannot hear a CD Siren for any reason without reliving that 24 hours. The world was fortunate those 13 days… on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Its incredible to believe how close the world came to annihilation. I'm sure there have been other times and pretty sure it will not be the last considering current state of affairs. God help us all/protect us from the worst enemy ever...ourselves.
You have to think about the moral beliefs and the psyche of the two people that ended the conflict. Kennedy and Khrushchev. Perhaps they were two humans like the majority of us who didn't want to annihilate the species into extinction. Imagine listening to that conversation. I wonder if it's recorded somewhere. I'd shit my pants if they cracked jokes with each other
kevin steel According to records Khrushchev and Kennedy were both mortified by the idea of nuclear war and being the ones responsible for its potential destruction. Castro was (allegedly) pretty gung ho about launching the nukes at the USA regardless.
Another case was Operation Able Archer in 1983. The major difference between the two was that the Cuban Crisis took place on a world stage and everybody knew about it. Able Archer 83 was secret and has only relatively recently been brought into the public eye.
He and Truman were the only other two men in the world he could ask counsel of. It’s a very lonely position to be able to end the world at your decision.
@@bradt.sargent8683 it was a ultimatum. to get a way from from Turkey. and you know, they went home . Kruchev kicked Yankees from Eurasia continent. than Pentagon with CIA assassinated Kennedy. But i support Kennedy because he liberated black afro American men from racism and slavery. and also he struggled for real democracy freedom against burgoues.
Did you know that My Grandpa whose now almost 91 years old was actually in the Cuban Missile Crisis Of October 1962 and had actually met President John F. Kennedy where and while having been stationed at an Army Base somewhere in the State Of Georgia and had witnessed and watched Kennedy Land and Step off of his Helicopter and then after having Saluted him my Grandpa And President Kennedy then walked together into a Nearby Military Building And had a Conversation Of some sort during their walk whatever Building that it was they eventually walked into And this is something that I didn’t know about up until I was turning Eighteen !
This is the actual filmed version. It's from a film camera positioned in the Oval Office and using its independent sound recording system. IOW it's not a kinescope (a film camera pointed at a TV monitor).
The fault lies in your own arguments, Comrade Samets: JFK tried to withdraw our Turkish missiles, but our State and Defence Depts. dithered (which they're good at, w/o prompting), while Moscow condoned shooting Berliners crossing that damned Wall. The Presidium made mistakes during Kennedy's administration till they realised that we'd never 'swap' West Berlin, even for a non-nuclear Cuba. The Crisis matured both sides, but we can thank JFK for keeping our hotheads from invading Cuba again.
I came here to this speech after seeing a clip of it watching The Courier. Such scary times to be living in. It's mind boggling thinking about all the time and money spent building a nuclear arsenal. Probably not in my lifetime, but there has to come a time when the human race evolves to the point where it's not nation against nation. War benefits no other than the elite.
JFK was a great man ,undoubtedly the last independent president of USA. It's a shame that nowadays he is associated with the assassination more than his actions... For instance-in related videos- "A nation remembers- Nov 23 1963" . Let's rather mention his energy , wisdom and the fact that he was one of two presidents who started their own currency (non-federal-after 1913). The other was Lincoln (who was also assassinated) .This is not a coincidence. They both were representing the people and their rights ,which didn't suit the bankers' elite and the secret societies. Now,50 years after 1963 ,USA is no longer a free country. Freedom is only artificial. Thanks for the great video!
If you say '1000 miles' it does not sound so serious as saying '1000 nautical miles'. When the miles are nautical you know you are in it. What is the difference between an offensive and a defensive weapon?
The distinction is blurry, but I would say that a defensive weapon is one designed to counter other weapons. For example, surface-to-air missiles, anti-tank rockets, things like that. Of course, most if not all weapons can be used offensively or defensively, depending on the user's intentions.
History is doomed to repeat itself someday. We will just have to deal with it as it comes, just like the people who had deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis
It's so sad to know that this has happened in our history. But at least I am learning about this in school. I know I didn't live to actually see this announcement, but I feel like I did! I don't like learning about war, or the civil rights movement, or things like that. But it is something I can say to my future children and grandchildren. I hope nothing this horrible could happen in this time line. God bless us all.
Imagine where we'd all be now if he weren't brutally murdered. He may have had his personal demons, but we all do. This was a real man that had the greatest of intentions for not only his country, but humanity itself. At such a young age, with not too much experience, he saved the world. And was also taken away too soon. I believe that if he was able to continue to influence the world throughout the rest of his life, however long that would've been, we could've avoided so many other problems and be in a better place now. Even as a Nova Scotian, a King's Loyalist, I salute you Mr. Kennedy. May you rest in peace.
If a different president was elected instead on JFK on 1960, how bad of a condition would we Americans be in? What would Nixon do in a situation like this?
Nixon would have listened to Gen. LeMay and the rest of the hawks in the cabinet who wanted an air strike. They didn't understand that there aren't winners in nuclear war. Kennedy did. He used his experience in the South Pacific, and his lessons from the Bay of Pigs in this situation. His caution saved the world.
He would have probably invaded took the Joint Chiefs recommendations and cause World War 3 and you are I probably would not even be here being able to text us that's my belief
It is just so heartwrenching how this man, is one of the big reasons that nuclear war was avoided. How did the Americans repayed him? A bullet to the head more than a year later. This man did not deserved such a horrible end. God bless him and Vasili Arkhipov
How so? I think Kennedy did a fine job. Especially as his military advisors suggested military action against Cuba, but Kennedy refused. I think otherwise could have started war.
Deb,you are a lucky lady. This day in 1962 many Americans moved to the North in panic to avoid a nuclear strike from Cuba. What about your mjther,what did she feel on Oct 22,1962? Very interesting...
As crazy as these days can seem, we can take some solace in the fact that we truly were one or two poor choices from most of the Northern Hemisphere being uninhabitable to this day.
Hudson Bailey Hillary would have been worse, I think. Both candidates were bad candidates. I think Jim Webb would have been a better choice, but Democrats only care about MORE welfare, and “what’s popular” these days
JFK would never be a democrat today Hudson. Nice try though on your part to take cheap shot at Trump. JFK like Trump supported tax cuts across the board, a strong military, and were patriots. All three unlike our last failed prez Obama a democrat.
I was 5 years old at the time, living in England. My Dad was in the RAF Bombers, the Valient. He had a shotgun, which was kept in the house at the time. As the crisis heated up he was in his Aircraft with atomic bombs in England waiting for the word to go. He told my Mum if she hears the Squadron take off, we lived near the base, she was to shoot me and my Sister, then herself.
The noble ,the wise,the honest & Of course the Legend Mr.president of The golden supremacy of the forgotten golden years of The best Representation of the Northern hemisphere!!!! We always Remember you for All 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉RIP
If You guys dont understand this basically he said if Cuba fired one of their misslies at the United States The millitary will Fire all of their missles ay them
This was probably the hardest speech for any president to give. Imagine listening to this speech live knowing that a nuclear war could take place. Scary.
Pacman Gaming true
It was very scary. People were really nervous
The Soviets only wanted the US missiles removed from Italy and Turkey.
Mark Harrison True, but nobody knew that for sure at the time. A Russian sub came horrifically close to launching its nukes during the crisis. The Kremlin gave subs the authority to launch if they decided they should. This sub had zero contact with anyone and assumed WW3 broke out when they were getting depth charges dropped on them. 3 officers had to agree to launch. One refused (Vasilj Arkopov). He literally saved the world. It was so intense that a fist fight almost broke out. Amazing story.
True. These 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis was probably one of the scariest moments in US history. No one knew what was gonna happen and the missiles could've launch at any given moment.
WW3 was so close to happening.
***** Not really. The Cold war was a war between Communism and Capitalism. Technically, it was between Vietnam, Cuba, Guatemala (Before the CIA made the coup), and Russia against the United States and their small puppet states.
+ThePhoxProject Chitturi Abhinav is correct regarding this specific incident. The Cold War was not necessarily between socioeconomic systems but the establishment of footholds by superpower Western bloc America and Eastern bloc Russia. BTW, the term, "Cold War" was coined by George Orwell in his October 19th, 1945 essay, "You And The Atomic Bomb."
+surferpam1 Would anyone have ever pushed the world off that cliff. I'm not sure.
17 AC
I'm tired of world problems, One day we will all blow up.
I'm immigrating to Antarctica bye!!!
Hi im from 2019... 2017 was far more closer
I was eleven years old at the time. The nuclear war drills at school were conducted regularly. People started building bomb shelters in their basements or living in them entirely. The thought that a nuclear missile was going to drop out the sky and wipe out civilization was a reality to us.
James Vignali how old are you now
Infinite Cinema He’s 67
We, soviet people, were not really that frightened at that time. Did not really think that it is wise to be afraid of the US even though they first put the nuclear rockets in Turkey.
@@xgtreaper7969 if he was 11 years old in 1962, he was born in 1951, so he's about 70 years old today
This created a red scare we still have today which doesn’t need to exist.
Imagine hearing this speech back in 1962 😰.
I did.
@@rudolphbehrens1174 how?
Rudolph Behrens It was broadcast on all 3 networks. I'd come home sick from school that day, also a Monday. When the afternoon cartoons ended ,for the firs time in my life I stayed to watch the evening news as I had no other option. I was only 6 at the time and couldn't fully comprehend the ramifications but my parents did their best to explain it to me. JOHN F KENNEDY was my first LIVING hero. He made Khrushchev back down.
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lol i wouldnt of probably known what a nuclear missile was back in 1962
I miss the days when politicians spoke calmly, rationally, and articulately.
I remember watching this with my parents. My mom started to cry and I was scared to death.
This great man saved us from war
Well, technically (what most people forget) the US started this whole fucking situation by deploying Jupiter rockets in Turkey. Near the Soviet border. This was a natural reaction by the Russians. But surely the US population thought their high-end Commanders are Angels.
Nonetheless, he didn't save the worldwide population by his acts. Fucking hell, it was sheer luck (just like McNamara said afterwards) ;-
Brian 67 Oh bite me you don't have any sense of reason at all.
@@SwissMarksman The US put the missiles in Turkey because the Soviet Union kept bragging about their secretly shitty long-range missiles.
Zesanactor Over-5 WTF dude so they started it because they bragged? Lol It’s like saying if someone bragged about something they had and so you steal it and get caught and blame him because he bragged about it that’s how stupid you sound
SwissMarksman I believe the missiles were in Turkey even in the Eisenhower administration. So you are incorrect.
For the doubters ( and at one time I was one of them), John F. Kennedy proved hIs true ability as President. He was being encouraged by military leaders to use this situation to invade Cuba. There is little doubt now this would have launched us into war, and very possibly, nuclear conflict. Patiently, Kennedy carefully deliberated the results of such a precipitous action. Instead he initiated an embargo, giving the Soviet Union a chance to respectfully withdraw. In my opinion, he earned his greatness as President with this momentous decision.
Kennedy invaded Cuba in 1961, which is why the Soviets sent missiles.
@@markharrison2544 That is true but this exchange forced them to look at the situation from the position of the other instead of just their own. Not many leaders can do that and Kennedy was one such leader. Yes, I believe the Soviet Union was protecting a client state. I also believe that No American government could permit the missiles to remain if they wanted to maintain their legitimacy. But you have to look beyond and to the end game. Anyone can start a war. Not many can avoid one when it comes so close.
Wish we had JFK now! If we had even an ounce of competence, decency or integrity in the WH,
Russia and Ukraine could have and should have been easily de-escalated. Instead they laundered money through FTX
Bay of Pigs was an inheritance from Eisenhower Kennedy didn't want to do it but he was forced into it
JFK was a wise man!
Respect from India 🇮🇳
Until he killed Marilyn Monroe with help of his brother
@@LostinParadise03 Is it not very possible that the FBI actually killed Marylin Monroe, while JFK wanted her to stay alive?
I can clearly see the dark circles beneath his eyes. But most importantly I can see his passion to keep on working and serving for the country no matter what.
You will not here another president speak this way. Plain and to the point.
I remember this well being a young teenager at the time. God I was scared living only 7 - 8 miles from a naval base. I didn't know where to turn for my father had died a few year earlier. What an terrible time.
the russians were also scared that there were rockets in turkey near their border aswell. americans are a good example of real life npcs.
@@cooldude-mi9wz the difference being that these were deployed openly. The secrecy and duplicity under which the USSR deployed missiles in Cuba was incredibly reckless and antagonistic.
@@TheRetsekShow2236 how is it differentto turkey I don't get your point.
Our Beloved President Kennedy. Rest In Peace, Mr. President.✝️🕯️✝️
It was my birthday…October 22nd…I was 5…and had a new baby sister born October 6th…I remember listening to the broadcast in the living room from my bedroom adjacent to the dining room. My mom was feeding my sister while sitting on the couch and my dad & great grandma were transfixed on every word JFK uttered. I stood in the doorway of my bedroom unnoticed for almost the entire broadcast until my mom noticed me. I was shaking…scared to death that we’d all die that night. That night, with my sisters cradle in their bedroom, I slept between my mom & dad. The next morning…a Tuesday…I was kept home from kindergarten. To this day I cannot hear a CD Siren for any reason without reliving that 24 hours. The world was fortunate those 13 days… on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
That Boston accent never gets old
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Which is why it sounds babyish.
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Its incredible to believe how close the world came to annihilation. I'm sure there have been other times and pretty sure it will not be the last considering current state of affairs. God help us all/protect us from the worst enemy ever...ourselves.
You have to think about the moral beliefs and the psyche of the two people that ended the conflict. Kennedy and Khrushchev. Perhaps they were two humans like the majority of us who didn't want to annihilate the species into extinction. Imagine listening to that conversation. I wonder if it's recorded somewhere. I'd shit my pants if they cracked jokes with each other
kevin steel According to records Khrushchev and Kennedy were both mortified by the idea of nuclear war and being the ones responsible for its potential destruction. Castro was (allegedly) pretty gung ho about launching the nukes at the USA regardless.
Another case was Operation Able Archer in 1983. The major difference between the two was that the Cuban Crisis took place on a world stage and everybody knew about it. Able Archer 83 was secret and has only relatively recently been brought into the public eye.
@@JPWicks6 Not unlike the situation in East Germany.
thank you for posting
The world needs him back.
Yes it does
Yes, but we all know we can't, unfortunately
We got Biden now that putting sanctions to cuba but we need to do more like not sending flights to cuba
So ... that's how you speak in public.
Elena M.
Yes, it's a pity that Trump doesn't seem to get that...
We respect those who respect US, not just because of some Uniform.
He sought constant council from Eisenhower during this time. Trusted him more than his own advisors.
He and Truman were the only other two men in the world he could ask counsel of. It’s a very lonely position to be able to end the world at your decision.
Thank you for uploading this
JFK was the right man during that crisis, because all of his advisors/military generals wanted to strike without hesitation; but JFK kept his cool!
Unlike today, JFK speaks to his fellow citizens like they are intelligent people.
JFK: America’s greatest president, Nobody will ever be anything close to what he was!! RIP..
You are so right!!
The part when Kennedy says full response on the Soviet Union is chilling..
Krushev made the smartest decision in his life by pulling out of Cuba. He knew Kennedy would have turned their asses into a fine powder!
@@bradt.sargent8683 it was a ultimatum. to get a way from from Turkey. and you know, they went home . Kruchev kicked Yankees from Eurasia continent. than Pentagon with CIA assassinated Kennedy. But i support Kennedy because he liberated black afro American men from racism and slavery. and also he struggled for real democracy freedom against burgoues.
@@bradt.sargent8683 well, actually no
This is when the world almost literally blew up
God bless you JFK SR and your family 😇🙏
Did you know that My Grandpa whose now almost 91 years old was actually in the Cuban Missile Crisis Of October 1962 and had actually met President John F. Kennedy where and while having been stationed at an Army Base somewhere in the State Of Georgia and had witnessed and watched Kennedy Land and Step off of his Helicopter and then after having Saluted him my Grandpa And President Kennedy then walked together into a Nearby Military Building And had a Conversation Of some sort during their walk whatever Building that it was they eventually walked into And this is something that I didn’t know about up until I was turning Eighteen !
Very cool.
This is the actual filmed version. It's from a film camera positioned in the Oval Office and using its independent sound recording system.
IOW it's not a kinescope (a film camera pointed at a TV monitor).
xmen first class brought me here
Same LOL
Me to lol
kimchigoflyy lmaoo
yeah
The fault lies in your own arguments, Comrade Samets: JFK tried to withdraw our Turkish missiles, but our State and Defence Depts. dithered (which they're good at, w/o prompting), while Moscow condoned shooting Berliners crossing that damned Wall.
The Presidium made mistakes during Kennedy's administration till they realised that we'd never 'swap' West Berlin, even for a non-nuclear Cuba. The Crisis matured both sides, but we can thank JFK for keeping our hotheads from invading Cuba again.
I was born exactly 34. Years after this
I came here to this speech after seeing a clip of it watching The Courier. Such scary times to be living in. It's mind boggling thinking about all the time and money spent building a nuclear arsenal. Probably not in my lifetime, but there has to come a time when the human race evolves to the point where it's not nation against nation. War benefits no other than the elite.
I'm hoping to use some of this speech in a short documentary I'm making. Do you know where I can access rights to it please?
amazing piece of history.
JFK was a great man ,undoubtedly the last independent president of USA. It's a shame that nowadays he is associated with the assassination more than his actions... For instance-in related videos- "A nation remembers- Nov 23 1963" . Let's rather mention his energy , wisdom and the fact that he was one of two presidents who started their own currency (non-federal-after 1913). The other was Lincoln (who was also assassinated) .This is not a coincidence. They both were representing the people and their rights ,which didn't suit the bankers' elite and the secret societies. Now,50 years after 1963 ,USA is no longer a free country. Freedom is only artificial.
Thanks for the great video!
Couldn't agree more
Well said I agree
Golden message.
4:10 WOW
Noo September 11
He was a visionary. May God bless his soul.
why cant I access this, any of them? july/2014?
This was exactly 1 month and 1 year before he died.
how does this video not have more views? do so few people actually care?
This man should’ve lived out his days. We probably would’ve never went in to Vietnam. 58,000 American lives spared.
I like this Hail to the Chief intro
Truly the best president we ever had
Imagine living during this crisis, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.
I'm many did not.
Not the whole speech. Where can I find the rest of it?
ua-cam.com/video/u07rkwHTPLk/v-deo.htmlsi=LONv0g75jsbDNcCd
What is the song/music called at the very beginning of the moive?
Seriously? "Hail to the Chief".
Jr McDonald maybe he's not American
CarePeers I'm pretty sure it's the Monty Python flying circus theme song.
+CarePeers Hail To The Chief.
Thank you
If you say '1000 miles' it does not sound so serious as saying '1000 nautical miles'. When the miles are nautical you know you are in it. What is the difference between an offensive and a defensive weapon?
The distinction is blurry, but I would say that a defensive weapon is one designed to counter other weapons. For example, surface-to-air missiles, anti-tank rockets, things like that. Of course, most if not all weapons can be used offensively or defensively, depending on the user's intentions.
20. century was wild. But i think this century going to be more wild...
20th century:
WW1
Great Depression
Nazis
WW2
Atomic Bomb
Cold War Tensions
20th century was HARDLINE
@@renanribeiro8137 wonder what the 21st century have in store for us..
History is doomed to repeat itself someday. We will just have to deal with it as it comes, just like the people who had deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis
Half the Americans Alive today owe their lives to JFK! Love from India!
@James Henderson Vietnam War and 911 are way more worse buddy! Not to mention 911 is a inside job!
“Nineteenhundred and sixty two”
Wow I was born in 62 totally oblivious 2 what was going .thank God nothing happened.
51 years ago :)
My Grandmom’s birthday was the same day that JFK gave this speech!!!😨😨😰😰😱😱
do you have any idea how big both stock piles are
History is Great
This is the footage that is always use in movies like X Men and Dear Eleanor
From notes. Concisely. “From evidence” do we have a politician capable of speaking in such a way today?
First class ;)
Oh yes, I do have!
Yes
John F Kennedy was a Great president and a Great Leader for this Country 🇺🇲🇺🇲👏👏
People watching this on the TV must have literally crapped their pants.
Imagine if social media existed at that time. It would make shit a thousand times worse.
I'm a Republican. Livelong. That speech was greatness !
He was only 45 when this happened. Bobby was only 37...
This speech has about as much tension as 2020
'" Imagine this speech in 2018 '"
That means Trump would give it and u cant compare that clown to Kennedy. Lol
True.😂😂 Trump cannot be compared to Kennedy. Kennedy was a Genius and a Legend.
God dang Kennedy was an amazing man, he had such a rough presidency though.
This, tank stand down, Berlin Wall, and American Populous.
Back when presidents wrote their own speeches and didn't read them for the first time as they were reading them live
It's so sad to know that this has happened in our history. But at least I am learning about this in school. I know I didn't live to actually see this announcement, but I feel like I did! I don't like learning about war, or the civil rights movement, or things like that. But it is something I can say to my future children and grandchildren. I hope nothing this horrible could happen in this time line. God bless us all.
+Miss Kiss a lot more missiles pointed at us now than there were back then.
macdoesit is a gay queen I like learning about things of war like how the US were actually the ones to start the crisis
that's messed up man.
I was really born 10/23 before 9am.
Imagine where we'd all be now if he weren't brutally murdered. He may have had his personal demons, but we all do.
This was a real man that had the greatest of intentions for not only his country, but humanity itself. At such a young age, with not too much experience, he saved the world. And was also taken away too soon.
I believe that if he was able to continue to influence the world throughout the rest of his life, however long that would've been, we could've avoided so many other problems and be in a better place now.
Even as a Nova Scotian, a King's Loyalist, I salute you Mr. Kennedy. May you rest in peace.
Kennedy caused the Cuban Missile Crisis, and surrendered to the USSR.
It's why he was assassinated.
Wish i was alive during this
If a different president was elected instead on JFK on 1960, how bad of a condition would we Americans be in? What would Nixon do in a situation like this?
Nixon would have listened to Gen. LeMay and the rest of the hawks in the cabinet who wanted an air strike. They didn't understand that there aren't winners in nuclear war. Kennedy did. He used his experience in the South Pacific, and his lessons from the Bay of Pigs in this situation. His caution saved the world.
Barry Slurpentine JFK>Nixon.
J. Kiessling still a shit player.
He would have probably invaded took the Joint Chiefs recommendations and cause World War 3 and you are I probably would not even be here being able to text us that's my belief
@Barry Slurpentine wow what are you smoking?
Two best voice of president= Richard Nixon and John Kennedy.
George Washington and John Fitzgerald Kennedy!
He does, he's from Mass. are you from Mass.?
John F. Kennedy speech after dragovich's defeat : thanks for professor x helping me to save America
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It is just so heartwrenching how this man, is one of the big reasons that nuclear war was avoided. How did the Americans repayed him? A bullet to the head more than a year later. This man did not deserved such a horrible end. God bless him and Vasili Arkhipov
Wonder how this would of turned out if Trump has to deal with the same situation ?
1951RKP it would’ve turned out better.
Wed be doomed
How so? I think Kennedy did a fine job. Especially as his military advisors suggested military action against Cuba, but Kennedy refused. I think otherwise could have started war.
The world wouldn’t be here.
We'd all be dead
John f kennedy stood up to the Russians no matter what the outcome would be
Why did the US act surprised? They placed the same kind of missiles in Turkey, first.
1962 thats what it means.
Deb,you are a lucky lady. This day in 1962 many Americans moved to the North in panic to avoid a nuclear strike from Cuba. What about your mjther,what did she feel on Oct 22,1962? Very interesting...
As crazy as these days can seem, we can take some solace in the fact that we truly were one or two poor choices from most of the Northern Hemisphere being uninhabitable to this day.
Jfk:*continues talking*
What happened to these Democrats? Rip mr president, what a great leader.
Well, Lyndon was cut from different cloth and it kind of went down hill from there...
JFK spoke not only with eloquence but intelligence. Regrettably, we haven't such a 'cocktail' with our current administration.
Hudson Bailey Hillary would have been worse, I think. Both candidates were bad candidates. I think Jim Webb would have been a better choice, but Democrats only care about MORE welfare, and “what’s popular” these days
JFK could never get the nomination in the Democratic Socialist Party. Castro could.
Bob Trester kennedy was a Democrat.... lol and his family are STILL democrats
JFK would never be a democrat today Hudson. Nice try though on your part to take cheap shot at Trump. JFK like Trump supported tax cuts across the board, a strong military, and were patriots. All three unlike our last failed prez Obama a democrat.
No one can speak like Kennedy could.
*whispers in his ear*
My father was still in the balls of my grandfather when this happened
I was 5 years old at the time, living in England. My Dad was in the RAF Bombers, the Valient. He had a shotgun, which was kept in the house at the time. As the crisis heated up he was in his Aircraft with atomic bombs in England waiting for the word to go. He told my Mum if she hears the Squadron take off, we lived near the base, she was to shoot me and my Sister, then herself.
blyat. its sad
suka its scary. really.
We seem to have learned nothing.
ケネディ、カッコ良い！
Mad Men brought me here.
the generals wanted to use force...can you imagine when that force gets met with force, what wouldve happened? i probably wouldn't be here right now
Kennedy should have provided air support for his invasion of Cuba in 1961.
@@markharrison2544 why invade Cuba at all? to put back the Casinos and put a puppet dictator?
JFK SR President that time and speaking 🇺🇲🇺🇲😇
The noble ,the wise,the honest & Of course the Legend Mr.president of The golden supremacy of the forgotten golden years of The best Representation of the Northern hemisphere!!!! We always Remember you for All 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉RIP
If You guys dont understand this basically he said if Cuba fired one of their misslies at the United States The millitary will Fire all of their missles ay them
Owen Ruelas no shit