Fidel Castro: I Was Wrong to Tell Khrushchev to Obliterate the U.S.
Fans of the dictatorial and short-sighted Fidel Castro should think that he really wanted to climb the ladder of thermonuclear escalation all the way to the top back in 1962. Effectively halting economic growth in your country for two generations with nothing to counterbalance it is a heavy burden to plead before the Bar of History. Thank God he didn't actually have his finger on any of the buttons...
Jeffrey Goldberg: Fidel Castro: I Was Wrong to Tell Khrushchev to Obliterate the U.S.:
October 26, 1962: Fidel Castro to N.S. Khrushchev: