World War III, WW III Quotes



Boggs was working on some compromise positions that could be taken by the party at the 1968 Democratic National Convention to provide the anti war wing of the party with something. The President found out and met with Congressman Boggs.


Note that he assumes that not only will there be another World War, but he assumes that we will be on opposite sides.


No one knows whether or not Castro was really sincere in making this offer. The Russians rejected it of course. If they made a first strike on the United States, Russia would have been crippled completely by the retaliation, and they knew it. Castro knew that they knew it and might have been counting on the fact that the Russians would reject his heroic offer. Alternatively, he may have been enough of a fanatic to sacrifice his own life that that of every single Cuban.