- Speaking to the House Appropriations Subcommittee: “We are engaged in very intensive diplomacy… My reading of what happened with President Kennedy is that it’s exactly what he did. It was high-stakes diplomacy. It was pushing hard to get the world community to understand, going to the UN, making a presentation, getting international opinion against the placement of Russian weapons in Cuba, making a deal eventually with the Russians that led to the removal of the weapons. That is the kind of high-stakes diplomacy that I’m engaged in, that other members of this administration are, because we take very seriously the potential threat from Iran.”
Lesson: (1) The situation in Iran is similar to Cuban Missile Crisis, (2) it is necessary to negotiate with your adversary during a crisis, and to (3) involve all influential individuals in trying to find a solution.
“Clinton compares Iran showdown to Cuban Missile Crisis,” Agence France Presse, February 25, 2010.
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