These crises made Kennedy believe that another failure on the part of the United States to gain control and stop communist expansion would fatally damage U.S. credibility with its allies and his own reputation.
Ove krize uvjerile su Kennedyja da bi još jedan poraz SAD-a u pokušaju dobivanja kontrole i sprečavanja razvoja Komunizma mogao dokrajčiti američki kredibilitet kod njegovih saveznika te uništiti američku reputaciju.