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McNamara meets with Castro (Fog of War)
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A two-minute clip from the documentary The Fog of War in which Robert McNamara recalls Fidel Castro explaining how close the world came to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Cited in nuclear-risk threads as evidence that Castro was ready to use nuclear weapons and accept the consequences.
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From the Hacker News discussion
Maybe that was the conventional wisdom at the time. Later we found out that wasn’t as true as we would hope. [VIDEO] The movie this clip is from and the companion book are much more detailed about the realities of the time and the though processes of those world leaders.
Read original comment ↗During the Cuban Missile Crisis Castro was certainly ready to use them and certainly ready to suffer the consequences. Clip from Fog of War [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗What if a fanatical leader has them? Castro said he would have nuked the US if he could and didn't care if Cuba gets destroyed. [VIDEO]
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