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McNamara meets with Castro (Fog of War)

8bitRicky · 52.2K views · 2011-12-18 · 1:35

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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.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2024

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meee · 2018-01 · Recommendation

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.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 · 2024-10 · Reference

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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chasd00 · 2021-09 · Reference

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]

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