Mutungamiri Curtis LeMay akaudza mutungamiri wenyika kuti kugadziriswa kwedambudziko kwaive "kukundwa kukuru munhoroondo yedu"; yake yaive nzvimbo yevashoma. Akanga achimanikidza kuti kurwiswa kweCuba nekukurumidza apo dambudziko rakatanga uye achiri kutsigira kupinda muCuba kunyangwe mushure mekunge maSoviet abvisa zvombo zvavo. Makore makumi maviri nemashanu gare gare, LeMay achiri kutenda kuti "Hatina kukwanisa chete kutora zvombo kubva kuCuba, tingadai takabvisa maCommunist kubva kuCuba panguva iyoyo".Vatsoropodzi, kusanganisira Seymour Melman, naSeymour Hersh vakaratidza kuti Dambudziko reCuban Missile rakakurudzira United States kushandisa nzira dzechiuto, sezvakaitika muHondo yeVietnam. Mubvunzo gare gare: Ndeupi zita rainzi rakanyanya kukundwa muHondo yeVietnam?
Mukuru wemauto Curtis LeMay