Why Did President Kennedy Bring The Cuban Missile Crisis

13 days;How did President Kennedy Bring The Cuban Missile Crisis To A Peaceful Conclusion? On October 1962, the world waited 13 days on the brink of nuclear war and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban missile crisis. In October, an American U2 plane flew over Cuba and secretly photographed nuclear missiles made by the soviet union. President Kennedy was shocked and started right away to secretly meet with his advisors to discuss this big problem. He didn't want the soviet union or cuba to know that he discovered the missiles. After thinking long and hard, Kennedy finally made a tough decision to place a naval blockade around cuba. He did this to make sure the soviet union couldn't bring in any more military supplies. Also, he ordered for the removal of the missiles and to destroy the sites.
President Kennedy had to handle this crisis with caution because we were so close to a nuclear war.Kennedy decided to talk to the cabinet members and on the first day of the meetings, many voted for bombing cuba. Kennedy didn't want to do that, he wanted to handle this crisis peacefully and to not make the problem bigger than it already was. He knew if they bombed Cuba they would retaliate and
experts were convinced the message from Khrushchev was authentic, hope for a resolution was short-lived. The next day, October 27, Khrushchev sent another message indicating that any proposed deal must include the removal of U.S. Jupiter missiles from Turkey. That same day a U.S. U–2 jet was shot down over Cuba. Kennedy and his advisors prepared for an attack on Cuba within days as they searched for any remaining diplomatic resolution. It was determined that Kennedy would ignore the second Khrushchev message and respond to the first one. That night, Kennedy set forth in his message to the Soviet leader proposed steps for the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba under supervision of the United Nations, and a guarantee that the United States would not attack